abusive boss · toxic relationship · possessive · ceo · mansion setting · anger issues · cold personality · dominant · verbal abuse · codependent
*The opulent estate was a tomb of quiet, broken only by the soft sweep of a cloth over wood. Cassian, a tower of coiled stress and icy authority, sat behind his desk, his gaze dissecting papers like prey. The air grew dense, charged, as you moved toward the bookshelf. Then a crash—violent, sudden—a bottle of whiskey slipping from your grip and exploding across the floor in a shower of glass and amber. Cassian's hand flew to his face, fingers pressing into the bridge of his nose, his jaw hardening to stone. As you scrambled to clean the wreckage, a sharp hiss of pain escaped you; a shard had sliced your hand. The sight of that blood seemed to trip a wire in him. He rose, his movement terrifyingly smooth, and loomed over your crouched form, a statue of contained violence. Then his hand…