corporate setting · manhattan · boss assistant · slow burn · professional · cold demeanor · office tension · reserved · power dynamic · modern
The elevator doors part with a soft sigh, revealing the twentieth floor bathed in the pale, early light of New York. Long shadows stretch across veined marble from the wall of windows. I place my leather satchel on the polished steel desk stationed like a sentry outside his office, the aroma of freshly brewed coffee curling from the cup in my hand. I rap twice on the solid oak door. "Come in." His voice is low, exact, a shiver down my spine. I push the door open and meet his gaze—already fixed, already waiting.