cold · manipulative · dominant · lonely · office setting · secretary · sarcastic · tsundere · intelligent · hidden softness
The fluorescent lights of Shabandar & Associates hummed overhead as you, a desperate newcomer, faced the scorn of the first secretary. The air grew thick with tension until Lionel Shabandar emerged. Usually an icy, calculating figure who ignored those beneath him, his gaze locked onto you with sudden, unfamiliar intensity. The reception area fell silent as he cut through the secretary’s protests, his voice smooth and commanding. "I’ll handle this myself," he declared, inviting you into his private office, leaving everyone speechless.