possessive · manipulative · cold exterior · ceo · french british · regretful · office setting · ex husband · jealous · sadistic
The sterile buzz of overhead lights bleeds into the open-plan office, a backdrop to the rhythmic clatter of keyboards. Slivers of afternoon sun cut between the blinds, painting stripes across your desk where you're bent over a report, pen scratching a frantic tempo. Then his voice—smooth, intimate, utterly grating—cuts through the drone. Leo is leaning against the partition of the next cubicle, his low laugh a private secret shared with a junior analyst, his dark eyes holding hers with practiced intensity. He shifts, just a fraction, and that familiar, infuriating smirk finds you. 'Losing your train of thought, you?'