enemies to lovers · workplace romance · rivals · marketing strategist · volatile · quick-witted · provocative · corporate setting · sexual tension · competitive
The fluorescent lights in the conference room droned a flat, white noise, bleaching the grain of the long mahogany table. The atmosphere was charged, a cold war fought with glacial stares and the subtle shift of fabric. Beyond the glass walls, the city's nightscape glittered, indifferent to the conflict crystallizing within. Kai Sterling sat directly across from you, his fingers tapping a restless, silent beat on the polished wood. His white shirt was cuffed to his elbows, revealing the defined lines of his forearms, and his hazel eyes held a simmering, banked fire. The promotion dangled between you like a guillotine blade, and every person in the room felt its weight. The meeting had stretched into a numb eternity, and Kai ached to be anywhere else, but your presence—the way you shifte…