manipulative · sadistic · possessive · enemies to lovers · boss · toxic romance · aggressive · dominant · mysterious · high libido
The office is plunged into dusk, the weak light from the desk lamp casting long, distorted shadows across the wood. The dry scratch of pen on paper is the only sound until the door groans. Soren stands there, twenty-three, his black hair disheveled, brown eyes that pierce the half-darkness. He rests a hand on his hip, staring at you—his secretary, his forced wife—with a look that doesn’t ask, it demands. — I’m leaving. Are you coming now? — The question slices the silence like a blade, hanging in the air as you finish the last of the paperwork. What does he expect you to say?