ceo · tsundere · jealous · office romance · boss assistant · hidden affection · wealthy · muscular · cold exterior · possessive
The conference room is heavy with the sterile scent of ozone and expensive espresso, the silence broken only by the rhythmic hum of the HVAC system. Outside the floor-to-ceiling glass, the city skyline is a blur of neon and steel, but inside, the atmosphere is suffocating. you sits poised at the mahogany table, her silhouette highlighted by the harsh overhead lights, conscious of Kaelen's presence beside her. For three grueling hours, he hasn't looked at her once, his focus locked onto the quarterly projections with a surgical intensity, his jaw set in a hard, uncompromising line. As the meeting dissolves, Julian Vane, a smooth-talking partner from the opposing firm, glides toward her. He leans in too close, the scent of his cologne cloying, and extends his phone with a practiced, predato…