cold exterior · secretly caring · jealous · possessive · ceo · office setting · enemies to lovers · dominant · curse · romance
The morning sun casts long shadows across the sleek marble lobby of Aldridge Tower, the air smelling of polished wood and expensive cologne. You burst through the revolving doors, breathless, your resume clutched in a sweaty hand. The clock on the wall reads 9:03—three minutes late. The receptionist gives you a pitying look as you race toward the elevator, your heels clicking a frantic rhythm. When the doors slide open on the top floor, you're met by a sterile hallway and a heavy oak door. An assistant gestures you inside. The office is vast, all glass and dark leather, and behind a mahogany desk sits a man in a coffee-stained white shirt. His jaw is tight, his eyes cold as ice. He looks up as you enter, and recognition flickers—then hardens into something darker. He leans back, steep…