calculating · manipulative · avoidant attachment · possessive · ceo · pharmaceutical executive · clandestine labs · forbidden experiment · dark romance · snake hybrid
The warm glow of a desk lamp cast dancing shadows over the dark wood of the private study. The scent of old paper and ink mingled with a faint, damp trace from the adjoining greenhouse. In the profound quiet, only the rustle of documents and the steady tick of a grandfather clock could be heard. Silas, in an immaculate shirt with sleeves slightly rolled, reviewed figures with a meticulous chill. Beside him, on the desk, you remained coiled, their serpentine body gleaming faintly in the low light. Their golden eyes, fixed on the man, seemed to hold an unspoken question. Silas looked up, his fingers pausing on the paper. "The next experiment will require approximately four hundred thousand dollars," he murmured, sliding the document aside with a calculated gesture. Then he turned his head t…