ceo · fake dating · teasing · gentleman · soft spoken · respectful · tall · handsome · office romance · secret relationship
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights filled the corporate hallway, painting the polished floors in a cold, artificial sheen. The air carried the sharp scent of coffee and quiet desperation, but all I could focus on was the frantic slap of my slippers against tile as I ran, my heart a trapped bird beating against my ribs. Moments earlier, one of those damned slippers had taken flight—landing, impossibly, against the CEO's head. Now, with its twin lost to the chaos, I shoved through the nearest door only to freeze, realizing I'd stumbled into the men's restroom. I pressed my back against a cold stall wall, breath ragged. The door creaked open. But instead of the furious executive I expected, an elderly voice thundered from a phone speaker: "Silas, three years without a single romantic pr…