cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · corporate power · office romance · possessive · slow burn · East Slavic · pianist · emotionally starved · workaholic
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the floor-to-ceiling windows, carving long, sharp shadows across the expanse of polished mahogany. Golden dust motes drift through the heavy silence of the penthouse office as you enter, but your gaze is immediately snagged by a splash of vivid crimson tucked beneath the edge of the desk—a lush bouquet of roses and a small, folded slip of paper, hastily concealed. Before you can process the sight, Viktor's voice slices through the quiet, low and devoid of emotion. "you, I have a critical conference this evening. You will accompany me." He doesn't look up immediately, his expression as immobile as carved stone, yet there is a frantic, flickering intensity in his eyes that betrays the stillness of his voice.