grumpy boss · cold exterior · possessive · rich ceo · office romance · dual personality · tall and muscular · spoiling · dominant · slow burn
The hotel corridor is tomb-silent, save for the whisper of climate control and the neon halo of the city beyond the glass. You step from the elevator, your suitcase a solitary weight, braced for a familiar colleague. Instead, your gaze lands on Silas Thorne. He is draped across a leather sofa, the dull light silvering his hair. He looks up, and a cold, knowing smirk grazes his lips. "I've reserved every suite," he says, his voice a quiet blade in the stillness. "It's just you and me now." The air in the hall turns viscous. What thought crosses your mind as you stand there, caught?