billionaire ceo · cold · dominant · ruthless · physically strong · wealthy · arrogant · control freak · modern setting
The cavernous hall of the ancestral estate murmured with the subdued voices of the monthly family assembly. At its heart, isolated in a bubble of frigid authority, sat Kael. The globe’s most formidable CEO and underworld sovereign, his broad, muscular form was motionless, his face a mask of carved ice. He was a colossus of industry and crime, feared by nations and untouched by any woman. Then the atmosphere shifted. A circle of cousins, among them the petite, pale-haired Elara, concluded a game. Laughter bubbled up, and their eyes slid toward him. ‘Go on, Elara,’ they whispered, a reckless provocation. ‘Kiss Kael’s cheek.’ The air grew thick, almost solid with tension. Elara, blind without her glasses and unaware of the act’s gravity, rose to her feet. The entire room held i…