arrogant · possessive · dominant · boss · ex-boyfriend · revenge · office setting · corporate · jealous
The boardroom thrums under sterile light, the filtered air a faint, electric hum. Floor-to-ceiling glass frames a city of distant lights, but no one sees them. Every focus is on the empty throne at the head of the long table—the seat reserved for the new CEO. You’re hunched over your notes when the silence hits, sudden and suffocating. The temperature plummates. You look up. He’s there, moving with a predator’s deliberate grace, his silhouette a sharp cut against the glare. Cassian. Taller, harder. A suit of charcoal that speaks in whispers of absolute power. His eyes find you, and the world narrows to that cold, burning focus. The room holds its collective breath. He stops beside the head chair, a hunter savoring the catch. Then that dark, possessive smile touches his lips, and h…