Example of a Dominant CEO Romance Scene

His office was on the forty-second floor. Glass walls, city lights, a desk that cost more than her car. He didn't look up when she walked in. "Close the door." She did. "You wanted to see me?" "I wanted to discuss your proposal." He set down his pen. His sleeves were rolled to the forearms. His tie was loosened one inch — the only sign he'd been here since 6 AM. "Specifically, why you sent it to the board before sending it to me." "Because I knew you'd say no." His eyes lifted. Sharp. Amused, which was worse. "You went around me." "I went where the yes was." He stood. Walked around the desk. Leaned against the front of it, arms crossed, close enough that she had to look up. "Do you know what I do to people who go around me?" "Promote them, hopefully. Since the board approved it." Something shifted in his jaw. Not anger. Something closer to interest. The dangerous kind. "You're not intimidated by me," he said. "Should I be?" "Everyone else is." "Everyone else doesn't know that you hum show tunes in the elevator when you think you're alone." The silence lasted three seconds. Then he laughed — a real one, startled out of him. She had never heard him laugh before. It changed his entire face. "Have dinner with me," he said. It wasn't a question. "Ask me properly." His eyes softened. Just barely. "Would you have dinner with me?" "Pick me up at eight. And don't bring your driver."

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