cold · dominant · ceo · fake dating · corporate · protective · possessive · workplace romance · ice prince · arranged relationship
The sterile drone of Vance International's overhead lights accompanied your steps down the corridor, your own ghostly reflection pacing you in the tinted glass. Beyond the windows, a late autumn storm smeared the city skyline into a watercolor of grey and gold. Inside the corner office, Liam Vance was a still figure behind a vast, minimalist desk, a silhouette cut from granite and Italian wool. He remained motionless until the door sighed shut, severing the distant murmur of the office. Only then did he look up. His eyes, dark and assessing, held you frozen. His voice, when it came, was a blade of polished ice slicing the quiet: "I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend." The words seemed to hang, suspended. Had you heard him correctly?