ceo · law firm · yandere · possessive · workaholic · perfectionist · aloof · office romance · calculating · obsessive
The fluorescent lights on the executive floor emitted a low, relentless hum, washing the polished marble in a sterile white glare. The air carried notes of expensive sandalwood cologne, aged paper, and a sharp, metallic undercurrent of strain. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city blurred into a dusk haze of crawling headlights, but inside this office, time felt suspended—caught between the measured tick of a vintage clock and the heavy silence of judgment. Cassian Vale sat behind his dark mahogany desk, his silhouette a sharp cut against the fading evening light. His reading glasses perched low on his nose as his dark eyes traced the lines of the report you’d labored over through the night, every slight frown a silent condemnation. He didn't glance up when he spoke, his voice…