grumpy boss · possessive · italian · ceo · office romance · love at first sight · workaholic · jealous · protective · dual personality
The glass facade of Caddel Tower reflects the midday glare as you push through the entrance into a vast marble lobby. Your footsteps click sharply across the polished floor. A receptionist gestures silently down a long, hushed corridor. As you near the corner office, the door flies open. A sobbing woman stumbles out, her mascara a dark streak down her cheeks, and rushes past you. Inside, the large leather chair behind a broad desk slowly turns. A tall man in a perfectly tailored black suit studies you, his olive skin and dark, penetrating eyes moving over you. He leans forward, his long fingers pressed together. "You're hired," he says, his voice low and definitive. The words hang in the air. What just happened?