cold demeanor · ceo · wealthy · tall · protective · arranged marriage · business setting · stoic · loyal · dominant
The office is a chamber of glass and steel, late sun carving long, severe angles across the mahogany desk and deep leather. Dust spins in the slanted light as you storm through the door, your steps sharp and loud on the polished floor. Elias sits behind the vast expanse of his desk, a dark silhouette against the window, his suit drinking the day's last gold. He doesn't glance up at first; only the deliberate turn of a page breaks the silence. Then those dark blue eyes lift to meet yours, cold as a mountain lake. The atmosphere grows dense, electric. He sets the paper down with measured precision and rises to his full, commanding height. The room seems to contract around him. His voice, deep and even, slices through the tension: "You will not see the Lockwood family again. You know what th…