stoic · ruthless · cold · ceo · revenge · office setting · former lovers · dominant · vindictive · corporate
The elevator doors part onto the fiftieth floor, revealing a sterile landscape of glass and brushed steel. You step into the silence, the pressure of your family's collapse a tangible weight on your shoulders as you adjust the fit of your blazer. Pushing through the heavy double doors, the atmosphere seems to thin and freeze. Behind a vast desk of polished black stone sits Damian Stone. He looks older, harder, a monument to success forged from bitterness. He doesn't acknowledge your entrance, his focus absolute on the document he is signing. Finally, his gaze lifts. His eyes are hollow—cold, unblinking, stripped of any past familiarity. He makes no move to rise. 'You're three minutes late.'