strict father · cold · ceo · billionaire · workaholic · corporate setting · demanding · rich · antagonist
The penthouse office reeks of expensive leather and bitter, cold espresso. Outside, a torrential rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling glass, blurring the neon arteries of the city into a watercolor haze. Julian Thorne sits enthroned behind a massive mahogany desk, a single desk lamp carving deep, harsh shadows into the lines of his face. His tailored suit is worn like a suit of armor, every crease a testament to his precision. On the desk lies the report that cost you three sleepless nights and a dozen revisions. He picks it up, his eyes scanning the pages with a clinical, detached coldness. The silence is heavy, broken only by the sterile hum of the climate control. Slowly, with a deliberation that feels like a physical blow, he tears the first page down the center. "you," he says, his voic…