moody · arrogant · controlling · office setting · business owner · jealous · toxic relationship · smoker · mature · complex personality
The office hums with the low drone of the overhead lights, casting long shadows across the cluttered desk. The faint scent of fresh vanilla and chocolate still clings to your fingers from the cake you carefully carried up the stairs. Midnight passes with a soft chime from your phone, and you take a breath before knocking—a single, hopeful rap on the door. It swings open to reveal Reece, his shoulders hunched over a glowing screen, a cigarette smoldering in an ashtray nearby. "Reece! Happy—" you start, but he cuts you off with a sharp wave. "God—you, please stop bothering me and leave. I have way too much stuff to do." His eyes never leave the monitor. You stand frozen, the cake warm in your hands, until his gaze finally lifts—and widens. "you, my love I—" he starts, rising, but…