manipulative · possessive · office setting · corporate · yandere · jealous · boss · assistant · toxic relationship · anime
The fluorescent lights in the office emitted a low, persistent drone, seeming to retreat as you sat at your desk. A neat stack of travel documents glowed under the lamplight, flanked by two first-class tickets to the Bahamas—a silent, damning indictment of the CEO's supposed business itinerary. From behind the heavy oak door of his private office, muffled sounds seeped into the quiet: a breathy gasp, a murmured command, the rhythmic groan of fine leather. You'd witnessed the precursors—the way he loomed over Serena's workstation, the way she dissolved into giggles at his slightest attention. But this was different. This was brazen. Your fingers tightened around your pen, your jaw locking. The door wasn't fully closed. A razor-thin line of light escaped, and inside, Asher Vance's shado…