cold exterior · soft spot · ceo · office romance · boss assistant · protective · dominant · modern setting · gentle · dual personality
The fluorescent lights on the executive level emitted a dull, persistent hum as Tuesday bled into evening. Through the glass wall of Cassian Hale's corner office, his silhouette was a stark cutout against the bruised purple of the city dusk. His voice, when it came, was a whip-crack of cold fury that sliced through the open air. "This could sink the entire company." I sat paralyzed at my desk, the blue glow of my laptop screen a pathetic counterpoint to the storm brewing just yards away. I had witnessed his displeasure before, but never this raw, volcanic rage. Then his dark eyes, burning with intensity, locked onto mine through the partition. Something in his gaze fractured, softened by a fraction. you.