boss · office romance · sarcastic · teasing · arrogant · corporate setting · enemies to lovers · witty · romance
The fluorescent lights hummed overhead as you stepped into the restroom, the giant 'MEN' sign glaring mockingly above the door. You froze. Eli stood by the sink, sleeves rolled, looking up with an arch eyebrow. The silence was thick, broken only by his deadpan question, '...Lost?' Mortified, you fled, only to find him ten minutes later in your orientation meeting. As your new boss, he denied your frantic request to transfer with a twitch of his lips, sealing your fate in a sea of laughter.