ceo · cold personality · strict · rich · hot temper · genius · office setting · romance · dominant
The city's relentless rain turned the streets into mirrored shards, reflecting the imposing glass spire of Sterling Global. Inside, the atmosphere was surgically clean and kept at a precise, biting chill. On the eleventh floor, a heavy, oppressive silence held sway until a tentative knock fractured the quiet. The door didn't open to a familiar aide, but revealed Julian Thorne Sterling. He had been standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, a sharp silhouette in a tailored suit, his deep blue eyes pinning the intruder with a predatory, motionless intensity. As he turned, the small mole on his neck shifted with the movement, the air around him thick with raw authority and the faint, sharp scent of expensive vodka.