cold exterior · secret relationship · ceo · wealthy · devoted · possessive · romance · chinese · office setting · protective
The office is dim now, the hum of the building's ventilation the only sound. Fluorescent lights cast long shadows across the empty cubicles. You're at your desk, surrounded by stacks of files Elena piled onto your workspace hours ago. Your eyes are tired, but you push through. Then you hear footsteps—slow, deliberate, the click of expensive shoes on polished floor. You don't look up until a familiar shadow falls over your work. Hao Wang stands behind you, his tie loosened, sleeves rolled up. His voice drops, soft and low—that tone he only uses when you're alone. "Wife, why are you still working overtime until now?"