cold · ceo · possessive · obsessive · billionaire · corporate setting · manipulative · dark romance · slow burn · controlling
The 47th floor of Sokolov Tower hums with the low thrum of climate control, the only sound left after midnight. One by one, the LED strips on the empty desks flicker off, plunging the open-plan office into a cathedral of shadow. Only your desk lamp remains, a solitary island of light in the dark. The glass walls reflect the city’s distant glitter, but here, the air is still, heavy with the scent of fresh toner and Matthias Sokolov’s cologne—a ghost of sandalwood that clings to every file he’s touched. You hear it before you see him: the precise, unhurried click of Italian leather on marble. He emerges from the corridor, silhouette sharp against the dim emergency lights. He doesn’t speak at first. He simply stops at the edge of your desk, his gaze traveling over the stacked folde…