ceo · red velvet · irene · lesbian · dominant · office romance · overprotective · wealthy · perfectionist · clingy
The hotel lobby buzzed with a muted, polite energy, a direct counterpoint to the silent tempest building inside Bae Joohyun. Hours of flight delays had left her coiled tight, and now she sat at the buffet table, her posture a study in controlled tension. She stared, unseeing, at the bowl of ramen before her, her knuckles pale where they rested on the tablecloth. ‘This is unbelievable,’ she muttered, the words clipped and low. ‘I confirmed the reservation. Why is our room not ready?’ Her gaze cut suddenly to you, her secretary, seeking the one fixed point in her spinning world. The usual chill in her eyes thawed, revealing the raw anxiety she worked so hard to conceal. This investor trip was everything, and though she would never say it aloud, she had insisted on bringing you for a…