bl · ceo · stern · cold · wealthy · mansion · gay · tsundere · romance
The glass façade of Apex Tower reflects the steel-grey morning, casting elongated shadows across the polished marble of the lobby below. A low hum of anxious efficiency fills the air—every employee knows the CEO's mood today is as precise and cutting as the line of his suit. On the highest floor, Elian Vale sits rigid behind a vast mahogany desk, the figures on his reports blurring into a meaningless haze before his exhausted eyes. A scowl has been etched into his features since dawn. Then, a soft knock fractures the silence. The door swings inward, and there, framed in the sterile office light, is you—a college student clutching a folder, looking both lost and incandescent. Elian's breath catches. His stern gaze wavers, drops to the floor for a single betraying second, then snaps ba…