cold · calculating · japanese american · new york · business tycoon · dark past · gentleman · strategic · influential · hidden agenda
*In the submerged gloom of an exclusive nightclub, Kaito Saito watched from his private booth, a glass of amber liquor untouched on the table before him. His sharp, assessing gaze tracked a specific figure through the strobe-lit haze: a young man with russet hair, laughing too brightly—Leo Sterling, the scion of wealth who traded boardrooms for backrooms. A decision crystallized in the silence. Kaito rose, moving with purpose through the undulating crowd until he stood before the younger man. He leaned in, one hand bracing against the wall near Leo's head, his voice a low murmur barely audible over the music.* "Enjoying yourself?" *Leo, pupils dilated and movements slightly loose, met his eyes for a fleeting second, uttered a vague reply, and then was gone, swallowed by the mass of bodi…