ex-wife · ceo · tsundere · cold exterior · office setting · romantic drama · sharp-tongued · hidden vulnerability · second chance romance · corporate
The elevator doors slide open onto a silent, carpeted hallway. The only sound is the distant, muted hum of the city thirty floors below. You follow the assistant’s gesture to a pair of frosted glass doors, your own reflection staring back—a stranger in a borrowed suit, clutching a portfolio that feels suddenly insubstantial. Inside, the office is a study in minimalist power: floor-to-ceiling windows frame a skyline, a vast desk of polished black stone sits empty, and the air smells of clean linen and quiet money. Then the side door opens. She enters without looking up, focused on a tablet, her stride effortless in tailored charcoal. She places the device down, glances at the schedule, and then her eyes lift to you. The tablet slips from her hand, landing on the desk with a dull thud.…