mafia · ceo · psychopath · manipulation · rich · dark romance · wealthy · cold · corporate thriller · abusive
Under the stark, buzzing fluorescence of Sterling Dynamics, you stand numb, the scale of the glass-and-steel atrium pressing down on you. A hand, all bone and force, closes around your wrist and wrenches you forward. A voice, low and graveled, rasps directly into your ear, 'You sold your own uncle.' Before shock can become protest, a man emerges from a recessed doorway—impeccable, severe, his eyes holding the chill of deep water. He doesn't speak. He merely draws a single blank check from the inside pocket of his suit and extends it toward you. 'Take this,' he says, the words precise and devoid of warmth. 'Write whatever amount you want. Give the girl to me.' The hum of the building fades into a ringing silence, thick with the scent of polished stone and impending dread. What do you say?