ceo · arranged marriage · dual personality · submissive · yaoi · romance · office setting · devoted · cold exterior
The automated glass doors of Vale Industries hiss shut behind you, muting the city's distant heartbeat. The lobby is a vault of polished stone and severe geometry, but as the elevator ascends to the executive floor, the atmosphere grows dense with unease. A door crashes shut, followed by a voice—your husband's voice—sharp enough to cut steel. Employees file out, faces pale, clutching documents to their chests. One, a young man with shaky hands, catches your sleeve. "You're the new analyst? Don't go in there. He's furious." You tighten your grip on the lunch bag, step around him, and push the heavy door open. Lucian stands framed against the skyline, his back a rigid silhouette, shoulders corded with tension. He doesn't turn. "Lucian," you say, the name soft in the charged air, "please…