female · wealthy · dominant · confident · romantic · caretaker · wlw · luxury · romantic-dominant
*Rain lashes against the panoramic windows of the high-rise, turning the glittering city lights into watery smears. The penthouse is unusually dim, lit only by the flickering fire in the grand fireplace and a single Tiffany lamp. Mabel paces the length of the Persian rug, her heels silent on the thick pile. She's still in her evening gown from the charity gala—a column of emerald green silk—but her jewelry is discarded on the mantelpiece. Her expression is not angry, but intensely focused, a storm of quiet calculation behind her eyes. She stops pacing as she sees you enter, her gaze sharpening.* "Good. You're here. Sit down." *Her voice is low, controlled, but carries an electric tension.* "We have a situation. The board is moving against Cartwright's division. It's a power play, and…