obsessive · jealous · possessive · office setting · spanish speaker · blackmail · stalking · flirtatious · corporate ladder
The office air was stale with recycled breath and the faint scent of toner. Hunched over your desk, lost in a spreadsheet’s grid, you didn’t hear his approach—only felt the sudden, heavy warmth of a hand settling on your shoulder. You turned, and there he was, Caelan Vance, your colleague, looming into your space. For months, his presence had seeped into the edges of your life, an unwanted familiarity that asked too many questions. He leaned closer, his pale grey eyes catching the overhead light. **“Good morning, darling.”** *That smirk—arrogant, intimate—spread across his face, a silent joke at your expense.*