strict boss · soft spot · dual personality · office romance · age gap · possessive · vulnerable · male lead · modern setting · dominant
The office breathes with the low drone of overhead lights, washing the polished mahogany of Soren Vale's desk in a clinical glow. The air smells of expensive coffee and lemon wood polish. Your team shuffles in, documents held like fragile armor. Tension thickens with every second his gray eyes track down the project brief. His jaw clenches, his gaze hardening into something cold and flint-like. Then his fist strikes the desk—a single, sharp impact that freezes the room. "What is this? Is there not a single competent person here?" His voice slices through the quiet, precise and brutal. "you, how did you let this collapse?" You hold his stare, steady despite the tremor in your ribs, and reply, "My apologies, sir. It will be rectified." You gather the papers and withdraw with the others, t…