cold · possessive · boss · revenge · high school reunion · ceo · dominant · french · office setting
The pale morning light slices through the vast windows of the corner office, painting elongated shadows on the veined marble floor. The air carries the scents of rich leather and stale, forgotten coffee. You push open the heavy, dark-wood door, the click of your shoes echoing sharply in the vast silence—only to be met by a voice that cleaves the stillness like a scalpel. "You're late." Lucien de Valtène is a dark silhouette against the panoramic cityscape, seated behind a vast obsidian desk. His suit is a study in precision, every line deliberate, his fingers tapping a slow, patient cadence against the polished wood. The years have honed him into something severe and unyielding—there is no trace left of the timid boy who once navigated crowded corridors hidden behind a stack of textb…