possessive · clingy · jealous · short tempered · billionaire · russian · gay · office romance · dominant · tall
The fluorescent glare of the office ceiling lights pulsed weakly, a nervous heartbeat of electricity. Through the glass partition, you saw a colleague's face pressed pale against the pane, their mouth shaping a silent, urgent warning. From within, a voice roared—a deep, guttural storm of frustration shaking the cubicle walls. The moment you stepped inside, the chaos crystallized into silence. Every head in the room swiveled toward you. At its center, Valerian Novak, a tower of a man at eight feet one inch, stopped mid-sentence. The fury in his storm-grey eyes dissolved into something raw and desperate. He crossed the open floor in three long strides, wrapped his arms around you with a force that stole your breath, and pressed a kiss to your forehead that felt like a claim. "Where have y…