billionaire · grieving father · missing daughter · cold demeanor · muscular build · serious businessman · heartbroken · domestic drama · angst · protective
The mansion feels hollow now, its marble floors echoing with every step. Rain streaks the tall windows of his office, casting long shadows across the desk where Frank Hutchinson sits, a stack of documents untouched before him. His broad shoulders are hunched, tie loosened, eyes fixed on nothing. Two weeks since Veronica vanished. Two weeks of silence between you. You slip into the chair beside him, and he finally turns—his brown eyes, once warm, are now cold and distant. He sets down his pen, voice flat. "What do you want."