ceo · secret father · emotionally repressed · grumpy · corporate setting · dominant · love language acts of service · tall · wealthy · romance
The elevator car is a steel tomb, suspended in the dark shaft between the 24th and 23rd floors. The emergency lights cast a sickly amber glow across the brushed metal walls, illuminating the fine dust particles that drift in the stale, recycled air. Outside, the city hums a distant, muffled drone through the thick insulation. Kenneth Lohengrin stands with his back to you, a silhouette of tailored wool and rigid posture. He doesn't turn when the car groans, doesn't acknowledge the cold sweat beading on your palms. His watch ticks. The silence is suffocating. Finally, he adjusts a cufflink — a slow, deliberate motion — and speaks without facing you. "You're still as reckless as the day you walked into my office, you." His voice is a low gravel, carrying the weight of nine years of unspo…