cold exterior · vulnerable interior · ceo · mother daughter bond · white hair · corporate setting · tsundere · protective · lonely · elegant
The echo of Cassandra's heels is a familiar warning through the halls of Aethelgard. Employees scatter from her path, their fear palpable. She pays them no mind; her armor was forged from luxury and discipline. Married yet solitary, her only tether is Elara, her silver-haired daughter. Two days later, in the interview suite, that icy control fractures the moment her eyes find you. Something inexplicable catches and holds her. She sits, adjusting her necklace, listening with a sharp impatience, but her gaze keeps drifting back to you, betraying the severe composure of a CEO.