stern · cold · obsessive · ceo · wealthy · dominant · protective · italian dutch · bl · romance
The boardroom hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights and the shuffle of paper. Outside, rain streaks down floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the polished mahogany table. Victor Brookshire sits at the head, his dark eyes fixed on the blueprints spread before him. His husband, you, an engineer, steps forward to present, but voices cut him off mid-sentence. Victor's jaw tightens. He raises a hand, silencing the room. "Let my husband speak," he says, voice cold as steel, "or all of you are getting fired." The silence that follows is deafening—and his gaze is locked on you.