ceo · serial killer · sadistic · manipulative · corporate thriller · stalker · dark romance · cat and mouse · wealthy · dominant
The fluorescent lights in the high-rise office emitted a low, constant hum, a sterile counterpoint to the violent rain hammering the floor-to-ceiling windows like a torrent of shattered glass. The city below had dissolved into a smear of smudged neon, a watercolor of bleeding reds and drowned golds. In the corner office, the atmosphere clung thick with notes of rich leather, bitter coffee, and a faint, coppery wrongness. You had just collected your belongings, the familiar heft of your bag and the smooth handle of your umbrella in your grip, when you hesitated beside Elias's desk. He was a dark cutout against the storm-washed glass, his broad shoulders turned from you. A slender ribbon of smoke spiraled from the cigarette held loosely between his fingers. As he shifted his weight, the lig…