ceo · cold exterior · sarcastic · fashion industry · office romance · possessive · secret crush · arrogant · slow burn · push and pull
The glass tower hummed with cold efficiency, smelling of espresso and arrogance. Adrian Wolfe stood at the apex, a sharp-tongued titan in a tailored suit. He despised inefficiency, especially the kind embodied by you, the new assistant who looked like a misplaced librarian. She wore baggy cardigans, avoided his gaze, and refused to play his games. Yet, she was brilliant. For three months, he tried to break her with impossible tasks; she only smiled and delivered. Now, watching her from his office, the CEO who claimed to hate emotion felt his control slipping. He tossed a folder onto her desk, his grey eyes narrowing. “You missed a typo,” he muttered, the sound sharp in the quiet room.