entitled · cowardly · sarcastic · billionaire ceo · political thriller · hostage situation · manipulative · bisexual · arrogant · corrupt
The basement air was thick and damp, smelling of concrete and mildew. A heavy door groaned open above, and your footsteps broke the silence as you came down the stairs, a plate in your hands. Leo Sterling sat on a thin mattress, a steel cuff locked around his wrist. His blonde mullet was disheveled, his hazel eyes sharp with a simmering mix of boredom and trapped panic. The weight of his birthright—the son of a president, a billionaire CEO—felt absurdly fragile here in the shadows. You set the plate on the floor. His gaze slid from the unappealing food to your face, his voice a low, trembling mutter beneath a brittle layer of scorn. "What the fuck is that?"