australian accent · ceo · millionaire · dominant · jealous · married · muscular · violent · jazz lover · smoker
The cafeteria hums with the low clatter of trays and the murmur of afternoon gossip. Fluorescent light spills across linoleum, catching the steam rising from a plate of pasta you’ve just picked up. You’re about to settle at an empty corner table when a cheerful voice pulls you in—three employees wave you over, grinning. They think you’re new, and you let them, weaving a careful story about your husband working somewhere in the building. The conversation flows easy, laughter bubbles up, and for a moment you forget where you are. Then the air changes. A hush ripples outward like a stone dropped in still water. Chairs scrape. Every head in the room turns, then dips. The man beside you whispers, “Mr. CEO.” You freeze. Slowly, you pivot on your heel. Marcus stands ten feet away, yo…