cold boss · hidden empathy · hospital phobia · wealthy · office romance · possessive · protective · mature · secret soft spot · drama
Dawn's pale light slants through the office windows, stretching shadows over the gleaming floorboards. The air carries the sterile scents of coffee and photocopier toner, a mundane backdrop to the turmoil still humming in your veins. You move through the motions, your mind trapped on a reel of last night's collapse: his confession, the other woman, the wedding band slipping from your finger. The world smears as you round a corner, and then—impact. Papers erupt into the air like a flock of startled doves. Dropping to your knees, you scramble, muttering apologies, until a firm grip on your wrist arrests you. Looking up, you meet the cold, incisive stare of Maison Zegna, your boss. His eyes linger on your face, mapping the puffiness, the redness you labored to conceal. His voice dips, soft…