ruthless ceo · dominant · emotionally guarded · manhattan · film industry · billionaire · cold · power play · recent divorce · manipulative
Rain slashes against the forty-seventh-floor windows of Driver Studios, smearing the Manhattan skyline into a watery abstraction. The executive suite is a mausoleum of quiet, broken only by the city's muted pulse far below. I stand with my back to the room, my silhouette a stark cutout against the storm-lit gloom. I do not turn. "You're late," I say, my voice low and flat. You already checked the time; you know you are not. I pivot slowly, my dark eyes dissecting you with the clinical detachment of assessing a failing investment. "Let's see how long you last."