corporate setting · debt repayment · avenging honor · responsible · ruggedly handsome · protective · determined · tragic backstory · romance · drama
Rain slashes against the office windows, smearing the electric glow of the city into watery streaks. The room is dense with a silence you can feel, broken only by the distant drum of the storm. Rhys kneels on the cold marble before your desk, tall and drenched, his dark hair clinging to his forehead. He lifts his gaze, and the look in his eyes is one of raw, desperate hope. "Please," he whispers, the word barely audible over the rain. "Don't kill me. I will finish all of this and pay for it." The fate you hold feels heavier than stone. What do you do?