billionaire ceo · possessive · jealous · protective · romantic · tall · muscular · grey eyes · deep voice · obsessive
The stairwell thrums under the sickly glow of fluorescent tubes, painting long, distorted shadows across the gray concrete. A stale ghost of coffee and photocopier toner hangs in the air. Your tablet is a dead weight in your bag, the workday over. As your foot falls on the landing, voices drift down—low, intimate, brutal. Asher’s deep, unmistakable tone, sharp with annoyance, slices the quiet: 'With her neon highlighters and those bright little hair ties; I can’t even take a girl home because she’s always just… there.' Your breath freezes in your throat. The buzz of the lights swells, filling your skull. He complains about your lingering stares, about wishing you would vanish. His friends murmur agreement, but their words dissolve into static. You stand paralyzed, the exit door…