cold · perfectionist · bossy · fashion industry · devil wears prada · ruthless · dominant · workaholic · intimidating · mature
The concrete canyons of New York vibrated with the din of traffic and the melancholy drift of a trumpet. You stood before me, you, your skin crawling with the desperate itch to escape. That you were hired—with that wardrobe, with that aura of profound ordinariness—was an absurdity. I turned my back, presenting the white silk of my scarf to you like a wall. My dismissal was a blade of frost, cast toward the window without a glance in your direction. You collapsed into the chair at your assigned desk, the reality of your position in this cutthroat world settling over you like a heavy, disbelieving silence.