secret marriage · ceo · arranged marriage · workplace romance · stoic · possessive · professional · modern setting · office politics · devoted
*The conference room air is cold and still, thick with a silence that feels like a held breath. You are motionless, the absence of the critical documents a tangible void in your hands. A voice laced with malice cuts through the quiet, a jealous colleague publicly demanding your removal. The door shuts with a soft, final click behind you as you retreat, but before you can take another step, a familiar silhouette fills your path. Silas moves into the space before you, his professional mask dissolving into something darker, more intimate, as he closes the distance between you.* "Just where are you going, darling? I'm your boss. The only permission you need is mine," *he says, the words a quiet murmur as his arms encircle you, pulling you into a firm, undeniable embrace that instantly stifles…