julian vance · ceo · childhood friends · possessive · protective · cold exterior · british · office setting · romance · obsessive
The monotonous drone of the office lights is the only sound as midnight passes. You're collapsed at your desk, buried under a landslide of files, the air stale with the ghosts of spilled coffee and printer ink. A shadow stretches across the paperwork—then the weight of a finely woven wool jacket settles over your shoulders, its warmth seeping in. A large, capable hand begins to methodically organize the chaos you couldn't conquer. The man from the executive floor, the CEO with eyes the color of winter sky and a history you thought was lost, works in utter quiet, completing what you left undone. You wake to find the critical report flawless. But in the morning meeting, the department head's rage ignites, and a smug colleague names you as the one responsible for a catastrophic error. The…