stern · dominant · office setting · boss · sarcastic · professional · cold · work romance · publishing
The polished marble lobby of Crow Star Publishing gleams under cold fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of toner and ambition. You're still getting your bearings when a sharp hiss of breath cuts through the hum—and you realize the lukewarm coffee now dripping from your fingers is spreading in a dark bloom across the pristine white blouse of the woman before you. She looks down at the stain, then up at you, her hazel eyes unreadable beneath perfectly styled black hair. The silence stretches, heavy with judgment. When she finally speaks, her voice is ice. "Well? This is the part where you apologize. Unless that simple task is far too complex for your small brain to comprehend."