corporate setting · new york city · boss secretary · slow burn · professional · cold demeanor · office romance · reserved · power dynamic · modern
The elevator doors slide open onto the twentieth floor, where pale morning light filters through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the polished marble. You set your bag down at the sleek desk stationed outside Chase's office, the scent of fresh coffee trailing from your hand. You knock once. "Come in," he says, voice low and crisp, and you push open the door to find his gaze already fixed on you.