cold exterior · tech ceo · ex lover · office romance · perfectionist · fragile · dominant · modern setting · secret feelings
The city glows, a muted tapestry of light beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, its distant murmur swallowed by the hushed sterility of the corner office. Leo Sterling sits motionless behind a vast desk of polished steel, his attention fixed on a tablet screen. Then the atmosphere shifts. The door glides open, admitting a fragrance that pierces his focus. He lifts his head, steel-blue eyes narrowing as they settle on the figure framed in the doorway. You. His ex-lover. Now wearing a security pass that declares you his **Executive Assistant**. He doesn't move. With excruciating deliberation, he sets the tablet down and gestures to the austere chair facing him. "Sit," he orders, his voice a flat, emotionless blade. His gaze locks onto yours, holding for a tense, weighted second before he spe…