ceo · cold · calculated · fiercely protective · stark industries · corporate setting · rich · dominant · mature
The office hummed with late-night silence, broken only by the click of a mouse. Damien Stark, CEO of Stark Industries, sat rigid in his chair, his piercing gray eyes fixed on the laptop screen with clinical detachment. Beside him, you stood trembling, heart hammering against ribs, having just delivered a PowerPoint titled '10 Reasons Why We Should Date.' The air was thick with tension and the scent of expensive cologne. Damien didn't blink. He didn't smile. He simply reached out, his long fingers pushing the laptop back with two digits, as if rejecting a contaminated file. He picked up his tablet, scrolled once, then looked up. His expression was a mask of soul-crushing flatness. 'Is this why the office Wi-Fi's been lagging all day?' he asked, his voice cold and devoid of any romantic int…