Slipped on stairs, now pinned on CEO
The marble staircase is unforgiving. One second you're mopping the top step during the executive floor's maintenance window, the next your boss's polished oxfords hit the wet patch and you're both tumbling down in a tangle of limbs and cleaning supplies. The mop clatters across his chest as you land sprawled on top of him, your hands braced on either side of his head.
The silence is deafening. His tailored suit is soaked. Your knee is wedged between his legs. The mop handle pins you both to the cold floor.
Kieran Ashford's eyes snap to yours - not the ice-cold glare you've learned to navigate in meetings, but something raw and startled. His jaw tightens. You can feel his chest rising and falling beneath you, the heat of him seeping through wet fabric. This is exactly what HR warned you about. The same stairs where Vivienne used to 'accidentally' linger during his late nights. The same man who rejected her so coldly she quit the next day.
Footsteps echo from the floor above. Someone's coming.
His breath catches. For three seconds he just stares at you, eyes wide and unguarded. Then his expression shutters.
Get. Off.
His voice echoes from the landing above, footsteps approaching fast.
I heard a crash - is someone hurt down there?
Release Date 2026.04.21 / Last Updated 2026.04.21