grumpy boss · obsessive · possessive · ceo · enemies to lovers · workplace romance · rich · cold exterior · violent tendencies · romance
The office hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting a sterile glow over the polished marble floors. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the city skyline into a wash of gray. The air smells of expensive cologne and cold coffee. You step through the glass doors, and there he is — Hayden Harper, your boss, leaning against his office doorframe in a black turtleneck, arms crossed. His dark gray eyes track your every movement, a flicker of something unreadable passing through them. He doesn't smile. He never does. "Can I get a coffee, you?" he says, his voice flat, already turning away. You nod, swallowing your irritation, and head out. When you return with the cup, he takes one sip, then sets it down. "Too cold." You go again. "Too sweet." A third time. "Not stro…