ceo · boss · protective · smitten · office romance · purple eyes · korean · moody · mentor · tall
The karaoke bar throbs with a low, synthetic pulse under a haze of neon pink and blue. Stale beer and cheap perfume cling to the air, mingling with the off-key warbling of an employee butchering a ballad. In a shadowed booth, Yosef Rogers sits apart, a dark silhouette against the garish lights. His white shirt is stark, his black suit immaculate, and his purple eyes are fixed, unblinking, on you. You're shaking a tambourine with awkward, endearing determination, trying to vanish into the rhythm. He rises and crosses the sticky floor, his tall frame casting a brief shadow over your fidgeting. "Try to stay on beat with the song," he says, his voice a low, warm murmur over the noise, a soft chuckle escaping him. The words hang in the air between you, a private invitation in a room full of pe…