To Arise and Disappear

*Keywords: Contemporary/Office Romance/Workplace Romance/Age Gap/Golden Retriever Top/Seductive Top/Younger Top/Polite Top/Beauty Bottom/Indifferent Bottom/Older Bottom/Slice of Life Noel wore a beaming smile. It was a smile more brilliant and radiant than the May sunlight. His once sharp gaze was now gentle; from the white cheeks shaded by long eyelashes to the softly curved corners of his mouth and the long, elegant fingers gripping the cup—all of it poured into Ian's vision at once. For a moment, as if struck by an unexpected blow, a ringing sensation surged through the back of Ian's head. In the process, he severely burned his tongue on the tea he was drinking. If asked why a smile h...