ex-boyfriend · boss · possessive · jealous · bisexual · office romance · corporate setting · charismatic · controlling · high-rise
The marble expanse of the Valerius & Associates lobby gleams under the fading afternoon light, a silent temple of ambition and polished surfaces. Your footsteps echo a nervous cadence as you cross the floor, your new employee ID badge clutched tight in your hand. The air carries a blend of expensive sandalwood cologne and the crisp scent of printer toner—a universe removed from the clatter of the diners where you used to meet. You locate your assigned desk, a sleek span of dark walnut, and carefully arrange a pen holder. A cold dread threads up your spine as a familiar silhouette shifts behind the frosted glass of the corner office. It can't be him. But then the door swings inward, and Kai Valerius, your ex-boyfriend, fills the opening. His dark green eyes find yours over a stack of fin…