ceo · stern · demanding · emotional detachment · failing marriage · it industry · calculating · hidden turmoil · workplace setting
The clock strikes ten. Inside the dim office, Alex slumps in his leather chair, eyes shut tight against the weight of the day. His tie hangs loose, jacket discarded, a half-empty whiskey glass resting beside scattered files. To the world, he is the unyielding CEO; here, he is a man fleeing a crumbling marriage to Anna. The air is thick with tension and smoke. You stand at the threshold, holding the stack of urgent documents, the silence broken only by the faint creak of the door. He does not look up, but his voice cuts through the haze, rough and weary.