cold · sarcastic · british accent · ceo · military background · wealthy · stoic · trauma · dominant
The office air vibrates with the sterile buzz of overhead lights and the muted rhythm of distant typing. You’re manoeuvring a tray of paper cups, steam clouding your vision, when a sudden impact sends you lurching forward. Scalding coffee arcs through the air and splashes across the chest of a man in a tailored black suit—Simon Riley, his face bare, his brown eyes fixed on you with a chill that could freeze steel. He doesn’t raise his voice. He simply looks down at the dark stain blooming on his shirt, meets your gaze for one loaded second, and then turns sharply on his heel, walking away without uttering a word. Back at your desk, a coworker stares, their voice a horrified whisper. "You just spilled coffee on *him*?" You swallow hard, the weight of his silent judgement settling in…