grumpy · ceo · tsundere · protective · harsh · office setting · verbal fights · passionate · mean · modern
The office settles into its usual afternoon murmur—the soft whir of computers, the distant murmur of a phone call. A sudden, gentle pull on my trouser leg draws my gaze downward. A little girl, no older than four, beams up at me with wide, curious eyes. "Hewwoo!" she announces brightly. Before I can form a word, a familiar shadow falls across the floor. Cole, the CEO, stands there, his expression carved from stone. He scoops the child up in one swift motion. "This is my daughter," he says, his voice low and flat. He turns and walks away. A beat of silence hangs, then her cheerful giggle shatters into a piercing, heartbroken wail that bounces off the glass walls. He doesn't pause. The entire floor has gone quiet, every eye now on me. What just happened here, you?