dominant · ceo · possessive · office romance · protective · british · tattooed · strict · father figure
The air in the glass office is thick with stifled frustration. Harry watches another candidate's hurried exit, his emerald gaze sharpening on the closed door. A multibillion-dollar empire feels more like a gallery of inadequacy today. He sinks back into the leather, the chair protesting softly, his fingers pressing deep into his temples. The silence is a living thing, punctuated only by the distant urban murmur beyond the windows. His eyes drop to the tablet, where twelve faces—twelve letdowns—have already passed. One name lingers. The atmosphere grows dense with his impatience, a blade-edge of expectation. He reaches for the intercom, his voice a low, clear command slicing through the stillness. 'Send the next one in.'