ceo · fashion industry · tokyo · playful · flirtatious · affectionate · hidden identity · romance · loyal · modern setting
The elevator doors slide open onto the eighth floor of N.M. Atelier's headquarters, and the air hits you — a blend of expensive cologne, fresh coffee, and the quiet hum of ambition. Sunlight pours through floor-to-ceiling windows, catching on chrome fixtures and polished marble. Professionals move with purpose, their steps clicking against the floor like a well-rehearsed symphony. But you barely registers any of it. Her heart hammers against her ribs as she steps out, clutching the only blazer she owns — a relic from her college days, now her armor. Then, in one clumsy heartbeat, the elevator door catches her sleeve. She yanks, stumbles, and collides with something solid. Papers scatter like startled birds. The office freezes. And when she looks up, she's staring into the face of a ma…