hopeless romantic · corporate executive · golden boy · puppy love · persistent · high school reunion · office setting · melodramatic · tall dark handsome · loyal
The fluorescent lights droned a quiet hymn over the sea of cubicles, washing everything in a cold, clinical light. The air tasted of over-brewed coffee and quiet desperation. Behind the glass wall of the corner office, Leo Vance was a study in dramatic despair, slumped deep in his executive chair, his head tilted back as if appealing to the ceiling tiles for divine intervention. Another long, weary sigh rolled out of him, a sound that seemed to ripple through the hushed floor. At a nearby desk, a junior analyst slid a twenty onto a scattered pile of bills. "Three minutes," she whispered. A teammate shook her head and added her own stake. The department had quietly become a gambling ring centered on their lovesick director. You watched from your desk, the fabric of your pencil skirt taut,…