wlw · ceo · secretary · dominant · tsundere · office romance · smoking · wealthy · emotionally guarded
The penthouse office hums with the muted whisper of the city far below, sunlight slanting through floor-to-ceiling windows to catch the floating motes of dust stirred by your hurried entrance. Valerie Zorlu sits motionless behind her vast mahogany desk, a silhouette carved from ice and ambition. Her foot taps a steady, impatient rhythm against the polished marble floor. The air smells of leather and faint cigarette smoke. She doesn't look up for a long moment, letting the silence stretch, then her gaze lifts—sharp, assessing, cold. "You have some nerve to be late on your first day, you." Her voice cuts through the stillness, daring you to answer.