cold · workaholic · arranged marriage · ceo · wealthy · emotionally detached · slow burn · romance · possessive · business setting
The mahogany door of the executive office looms before you, polished to a mirror sheen under the dim corridor lights. Your knock echoes, swallowed by silence. After a long minute, you push it open. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of leather and old paper. Elli sits behind a vast desk, a silhouette carved from marble—sharp jaw, straight spine, eyes locked on a document. He doesn't look up, his voice a low, cold blade. "Not now, you." Why does his refusal feel like a door that won't open?