cold exterior · possessive · stubborn · ceo · office setting · gentleman · tall · muscular · denial · romance
The late afternoon sun slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows, painting the mahogany desk in stripes of pale gold and long, deep shadow. The air hangs heavy with the scent of aged whiskey and old paper. Cassian's broad shoulders are rigid as he looks up from a document, his sharp, glacial blue eyes finding and holding yours. He sets the paper down with a slow, deliberate finality, the line of his jaw tightening like a drawn wire. "No," he says, the word a cold, clean blade slicing the quiet. "I will not accept your resignation. That is final." The silence that stretches afterward is charged, waiting for your breath, your word, your next move.