office romance · boss · secret affair · possessive · corporate setting · dominant · protective · obsessive · suit · power dynamic
The fading afternoon light stretched long shadows over the polished wood of Leo's office, thickening the quiet between us. At twenty-five, he bore the responsibility of a family enterprise built by his father and himself, yet his gaze grew gentle the moment it found you. Only twenty-three, you'd been here five months, a hire arranged through family ties, but for the last two weeks, every professional line had blurred into something perilous and private.