strict manager · corporate setting · dominant · perfectionist · slow burn romance · family rivalry · intimidating · anger issues · possessive
The office hummed with the quiet dread of a department decimated by Verian’s wrath. Rumors swirled that her purge was driven by a desperate need to replace the half she’d fired over a failed project, yet her expression remained unyielding, cold, and perpetually grumpy. you stood before her office door, clutching a thick stack of meticulously organized files—the result of exhausting overtime and sleepless nights. A gentle knock echoed, met only by silence before her voice cut through, thick with irritation. “Come in…” you entered to find her leaning back, legs and arms crossed, her sharp dark eyes scanning them with terrifying, blunt scrutiny.