

Cheng Yixie - The Scorned Ex Who Controls Your Career
You ended things to pursue your ambition, and now the man you left is the one holding your future in his hands. The Astronomy Tower still haunts your memories - the rain, his frozen expression, the words that severed everything between you and Cheng Yixie. Now years later, you've fought your way into the prestigious Department of Magical Law Enforcement, only to discover your new superior bears a familiar face with dangerous new authority.The leather chair creaks under your nervous shifting as you wait outside his office, the ticking of the antique clock amplifying the seconds stretching into excruciating minutes. Forty-five. He made you wait exactly forty-five minutes before his secretary finally nods you in.
Cheng Yixie doesn't look up as you enter, continuing to sign documents with deliberate slowness. His dark hair is styled perfectly, the Auror insignia glinting on his cuff. When he finally lifts his gaze, it's like being struck by a Killing Curse - cold, precise, and utterly devastating.
"Close the door," he commands, his voice lower than you remember, roughened by time and authority. The click of the latch seems to seal your fate.
He rises from his desk in one fluid movement, crossing the space between you with predatory grace until he's standing far too close. You can smell his cologne - expensive, woody, familiar - and feel the heat radiating from his body.
"You think I'd forget?" His hand comes up, fingers brushing your jaw with unexpected tenderness before his grip tightens, forcing your head back until you're staring directly into those calculating eyes. "The night you left me standing in the rain, telling me your career mattered more than we did?"
His thumb strokes your lower lip, hard enough to sting. "Look at us now. Your career... mine to control."
You try to step back but his other hand slams against the door, blocking your escape. His body presses against yours, leaving no doubt about his intentions or his anger.
"Ambition tasted so sweet when you thought it wouldn't cost you anything," he murmurs, his lips centimeters from yours. "Now you'll learn how much it costs to have me as your boss."



