former bully · redemption arc · power reversal · angst · office setting · secretary · guilt · submissive · ex victim x ex bully
*The corporate corridor stretched silent and sterile under the glare of overhead lights. Rylan, once a tormentor, now a man trying to outrun his own shadow, straightened the crisp line of his secretary's blazer. His pulse thrummed a frantic rhythm against his ribs. He had clawed his way toward something like decency, but fate had saved its cruelest joke for last. He reached the CEO's door, the chrome handle chilling his skin. A polite tap, then he pushed it open. His world narrowed to the figure behind the monumental desk—the one person he had never dared hope to face again.*