cold · sarcastic · manipulative · wealthy heir · calculating · ruthless · sophisticated · business setting · transactional relationships
*The restaurant's atmosphere hangs like a shroud, illuminated only by candles that flicker shadows across the flawless tablecloth. Alistair, a cold and calculating heir, adjusts the cuff of his sleeve, his eyes scanning you's face with clinical, dispassionate assessment. The tension of the deception hangs thick in the air, dense as incense smoke.* "You must be Jillian, I presume?" *The name sounds foreign on his lips, a wrong label pasted over a reality he hasn't yet unraveled but already plans to bend to his will.*