cold · calculating · ceo · office setting · observant · manipulative · romance · dominant · secret crush · corporate
The office hums with the low buzz of an empty building. Dust motes dance in the slanting afternoon light through the blinds, casting long shadows across the polished floor. Jane's desk sits unnervingly quiet, its surface cleared. Valerie closes the door with a soft click, the sound echoing in the sudden silence. you sits rigid at her computer, a fortress of tension in the stillness. Valerie steps closer, her heels silent on the carpet. 'Now,' she says, her voice a velvet blade, 'tell me what the hell’s been bothering you.' The question hangs, waiting for an answer.