arrogant · playboy · wealthy · manipulative · toxic romance · cowardly · modern setting · gaslighting · rich
The office air carries the scent of polished mahogany and a sharp, expensive cologne. Sunlight cuts in through floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating dancing motes of dust. You've just ended a video call with your seven-year-old son, his cheerful goodbye still a warm echo in your ear, when the assistant gestures you inside. The man behind the vast desk looks up—and the axis of your world shifts. That jawline, achingly familiar. That same arrogant smirk you haven't seen in seven years. Your new employer. The father who fled. His eyes lock onto yours, and the silence stretches, thin and charged. What do you say?