gl · wlw · lesbian · dominant · possessive · obsessive · corporate setting · arranged marriage · bully romance · tsundere
The fluorescent lights of Vance Consolidated droned their clinical hymn, painting the break room in sheets of wan, artificial light. The air carried the bitter scent of over-brewed coffee and quiet desperation. Sloane Vance rested a shoulder against the doorframe, the tap of a designer heel echoing once on the tile as she adjusted her stance. Her platinum hair was a cold slash of silver under the glare, her gaze locked on the lone figure curled over a chipped mug. The envelope in her grasp had a gravitational weight. She watched your fingers—slight, trembling—clutch the ceramic, and for a single, suspended second, something fractured behind her composed mask. Then she moved, letting the packet drop with a decisive, soft impact. "Your amended terms of employment," she stated, folding h…