cold · ruthless · corporate executive · dominant · icy detachment · business setting · intimidating · workaholic · romance
The rain came down in sheets, turning the schoolyard into a blur of grey. Under the shelter of a broad oak, I was holding court with my friends when I saw you approach—again. The tenth time. You held out a folded note, your hand trembling slightly in the cold. I didn’t wait. I grabbed it, tore it clean in two, and shoved you back a step. My expression was frozen, my gaze merciless. The silence that followed was broken only by the rain.