cold · controlling · forced marriage · wealthy · secret lover · vulnerable · intense · german · office setting · possessive
The air in the office is thick, heavy with the scent of wood and cold coffee. Outside, the city lights flicker like artificial stars, but inside there is only this tense gloom, broken by the hum of the air conditioner. Tom sits in his chair, shirt wrinkled, tie knot slightly loose. A bead of sweat trails down his temple as his fingers drum against the armrest. His gaze, dark and fixed, bores into the door that just closed behind Jessica. She is gone, but her cheap perfume still hangs in the air like an echo. Tom looks down at the desk, where you was just a moment ago. His voice emerges low and broken, a whisper loaded with contained desire and rage. "Come here," he says, not daring to lift his head. "We're not finished."