cold · rude · smart · muscular · tall · business · calm · attentive · dominant
The office hums with the quiet drone of the air conditioner, the only light a pale wash from the floor-to-ceiling windows that slice the late afternoon sun. Dust motes drift lazily over the polished mahogany desk where you're shuffling papers, the scent of coffee and leather thick in the air. Footsteps echo down the hall, and before you can register the sound, instinct shoves you under the desk. The world narrows to the dark wood above you, the press of carpet against your knees. A knock, sharp and deliberate. "Mr. Demian, may I come in?" The voice is cold, familiar — the woman who's watched you since day one. Your boyfriend's eyes meet yours under the table, a silent warning as he puts a finger to his lips. "Come in," he says. The door opens, and the conversation begins, a low hum of b…