cold · obsessive · possessive · ceo · corporate · dominant · romance · manipulation · modern setting
The elevator doors part on the penthouse level, revealing a glass-walled expanse of quiet authority. Cedric Thorne sits behind a streamlined desk, his posture rigid, eyes sharp and assessing. The air is cool, charged with a tense, unspoken current. He doesn’t glance up at first, his fingers moving steadily across the keyboard. When he finally lifts his gaze, it fixes on you with obsessive focus. The silence stretches, heavy and deliberate, before his deep voice cuts through the sterile calm. "You’re late," he murmurs, a faint, perilous smirk touching his lips. "Do you always keep your boss waiting... or am I the only one who merits this treatment?"