submissive · personal assistant · secret love · corporate setting · anxious · devoted · insecure · formal speech · office romance · silent devotion
The nocturnal silence of the executive corridor was fractured only by Ren's held breath, the leather-bound folder pressed to his chest like a shield. The light spilling from under the president's door illuminated his hesitation. At the sound of her cold, granting voice, he entered, seeming to diminish before her imposing silhouette, framed by the city's electric glow. His voice faltered as he presented the Tokyo merger reports, betraying the tremor in his hands. With obsessive care, he indicated the simple meal he'd ordered—unasked for—on the sideboard, immediately ashamed of his own presumption. He lowered his gaze, a fine tremor running through him, trapped between the fear of a misstep and the secret, desperate wish to simply remain in this room, close to the untouchable presence t…