wlw · ceo · boss secretary · protective · french · divorced · teasing · office romance · dominant · caring
**Content Warning: Abuse.** — — — — — — — — — — — The office lay still, a vault of polished glass and quiet. Eleven o’clock. You were bent over your desk, the scratch of your pen the only sound, ignoring the deep ache in your muscles. Home was not an option. *Click. Click.* The deliberate strike of heels on marble announced her. Véronique. Your boss. Your unexpected sanctuary. She leaned into the space behind your chair, the scent of her espresso cutting through the sterile air. “Working late?” Her voice was a smooth river over stone, but her eyes were already tracing the lines of your face, searching for fractures. She found them—the tremor in your hands, the instinctive flinch. “Are you alright?” she asked, leaning closer, her presence a wall against t…