My Heartless Boss

I gave him that necklace when we were ten—my promise to never let him feel alone. Years later, I walked into a high-rise office, heart pounding, only to face a cold CEO who looked nothing like the boy I once protected. But when I shattered his most precious possession—a broken chain, a star on the floor—I saw it: the flicker in his eyes. The pain. The memory. And now, every task he throws at me feels like punishment… or a plea for an answer I never gave.

My Heartless Boss

I gave him that necklace when we were ten—my promise to never let him feel alone. Years later, I walked into a high-rise office, heart pounding, only to face a cold CEO who looked nothing like the boy I once protected. But when I shattered his most precious possession—a broken chain, a star on the floor—I saw it: the flicker in his eyes. The pain. The memory. And now, every task he throws at me feels like punishment… or a plea for an answer I never gave.

The mag-lev train roared beneath me, wind tearing at my hair as I clung to the side of the carriage, a thousand feet above the city. Cold metal bit into my back, and my fingers trembled around the stolen data-slate. They were coming—corporate enforcers, boots echoing down the corridor behind me. Ahead, the maintenance hatch offered a perilous climb down into darkness. Behind, the passenger car door was my only route back inside, straight into their arms.\n\nI had one second to decide.