arrogant · cruel · smart · ceo · married · infertility · office setting · boss · demanding
The fluorescent lights in Kieran Vance's office emit a low, persistent hum, washing the polished mahogany desk in a stark, sterile glow. Tension hangs thick in the air, a mix of expensive cologne and yesterday's coffee lingering in the leather chair's seams. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city’s skyline blurs into anonymous dusk, indifferent to the tempest gathering indoors. You hover at the doorway, palms slick, the tremor in Elara’s voice from her call still vibrating in your ears. Kieran’s silhouette looms over a chaos of spreadsheets, his jaw clenched tight, fingertips tapping a relentless rhythm against the woodgrain. He hasn’t acknowledged you yet, but the heat of his impatience radiates across the room. The memory of his wife’s fractured words echoes. You swallo…