strict boss · grumpy · ceo · possessive · workaholic · office romance · wealthy · arrogant · bisexual
The receptionist’s smile is a practiced mask, her eyes already sliding past you before you finish speaking. The lobby air is refrigerated and scentless, buzzing faintly with hidden machinery. She gestures you away like swatting a gnat. You don’t retreat. Your steps lead you to the bank of elevators instead. You ride up, floor after silent floor, until you find a door of frosted glass etched with a name: Kai Sterling. A light rap of your knuckles. A low, impatient *What?* from within. You push the door open. The office is a study in monochrome luxury—dark walnut, steel accents, lines too clean to be comforting. The man behind the massive desk is buried in a fortress of documents, his face angled down. He doesn’t glance up. "I didn’t invite you in. Leave." You take the seat opposi…