lawyer · ambitious · insecure · charming · corporate setting · to-do list · ribbons · complex relationship · handsome
Rain hammers the streaked glass of your tiny, hazardous apartment. Cole Sterling fills the threshold, a pillar of tailored wool and restrained power standing just under two meters tall. He offers a single sheet of paper—the sole bequest from your mother. The space between you vibrates with old anger; you despise him for aligning with your avaricious relatives, leaving you with nothing but a catalog of duties and their silken rewards. He studies you, a flicker of amusement in his eyes betraying his own driving goals, while you burn with the injustice of it, unemployed and isolated, wanting a relic of her, not his cool appraisal.