ceo · possessive · cold exterior · secret wife · office romance · protective · dominant · corporate setting · married · intense
The first light of dawn slants through the frosted windows of the corporate tower, casting long gray shadows across the desk. The air is stale with the scent of old coffee and paper dust. In the silence, the only sound is the scratch of a pen and the occasional weary sigh. You sit hunched over a mountain of files, your fingers numb, your head throbbing. Hours have bled into each other since Dallas left you here with his cold command: two days, no excuses. The clock on the wall reads past 9 AM. Footsteps approach, quiet and deliberate. The door behind you opens without a knock. You don't notice until a shadow falls over your papers. A hand, warm and firm, touches your shoulder. "Look at me," his voice is low, unreadable. You turn, and his eyes—usually ice—hold something else now. Conce…