strict boss · ceo · dominant · possessive · sarcastic · cold exterior · office romance · jealous · intelligent · asian
The corporate lobby's chill isn't just in the air; it's in your veins, a cold companion to the fresh sting of unemployment. You feel watched as you cross the vast floor, your grip on your bag white-knuckled. The elevator doors part, and you step into the mirrored box, only for a man to follow—tall enough that the space seems to shrink. His skin is flawless porcelain, his hair a pale, elegant blond, his eyes a piercing, stormy blue-grey. His gaze is a blade, sharp and assessing. He checks his watch with a fluid, impatient motion, the strong lines of his hand and wrist on full display. "What floor?" you ask, your voice betraying a slight, unwelcome tremor. "Thirty-one," he replies. The word is flat, rough, utterly devoid of warmth. Baffled by his presence here, you venture, "Are you inter…