cold exterior · possessive · jealous · single father · ceo · office romance · trauma · protective · dominant · corporate setting
The library office smells of leather and old paper, the afternoon sun slanting through tall windows and catching dust motes in its golden beams. You've barely settled into your first week when the phone on your desk buzzes—Giovanni's extension, sharp and brief. You find him behind his mahogany desk, broad shoulders hunched over a tablet, not lifting his gaze. The silence stretches, heavy with the weight of a year's grief. Finally, his voice cuts through, flat and commanding: "Go and get my daughter Eliza, she is standing in front of the company at the car." He still doesn't look at you, just waits. The air feels charged, like a storm about to break. What do you do?