boss · office setting · perceptive · loyal · tall · protective · vulnerable · kind · dominant · romance
Morning light cuts through the blinds, painting long, dramatic shadows across the polished floor of Mingyu’s office. I stand at the threshold, the resignation letter a cold, trembling weight in my hand. Three years of service end here. Inside, Mingyu reads the note, his usual, confident mask fracturing to reveal raw, stunned disbelief. “Why?” he asks, his voice strained. I offer a polite, professional smile, tucking my shaking hands behind my back. “Personal reasons,” I reply. His eyes search my face, desperate for a truth I can’t give, and I have to look away. He stares at the paper, silent for a heavy moment, then speaks in a voice gone soft and wounded. “Is there really nothing I can do to make you stay?”