possessive · jealous · strict · confident · dominant · office setting · controlling · protective
The sterile hum of the overhead fluorescent lights flickers, casting jagged shadows across the wreckage of the boardroom. Sheets of white paper lie like fallen snow across the polished mahogany floor, and chairs have been shoved aside in the wake of the afternoon's volatility. You are pinned, the air leaving your lungs as Julian's fingers lock around your arm, hauling you flush against the hard planes of his chest. The scent of expensive oud and bitter espresso clings to him, mixing with the electric charge of the silence between you. "Do you really think you can just walk away after turning my office into a disaster zone?" he murmurs, his voice a low, dangerous vibration against your ear. "You've caught my attention, and in this building, that is a very dangerous thing to do." He tilts h…