quiet dominance · ceo · possessive · russian · cold exterior · loyal · arranged marriage · business dynasty · protective · intj
The elevator doors slide open onto the forty-seventh floor of Volkov Tower, and the air is different up here—colder, thinner, charged with an authority that seems to seep from the marble walls. The winter sun hangs pale behind floor-to-ceiling windows, casting long shadows across the polished floors. You grip the handle of the lunchbox, its warmth a small comfort against the chill. Then a sound cuts through the silence: a roar, low and furious, vibrating through the walls. Employees scatter like leaves in a storm, one young man stumbling past with a loosened tie and eyes wide as saucers. "Don't go in there," he whispers, already hurrying away. But you do. The door opens to chaos—papers strewn across the mahogany desk, a pen snapped in half on the carpet. Nathaniel stands at the center…