strict · cold · workaholic · lawyer · tsundere · loyal · hidden affection · tall · green eyes · romance
Silence descended over the conference room as Asher’s gaze cut across the assembled clients, his arms folded like a barricade. He parsed their words with surgical coldness, seeing the desperation beneath their polished offers. In his world, victory was a foregone conclusion—a puzzle he solved before the other side knew they were playing. His reputation for pulling million-dollar verdicts from the jaws of defeat was the engine of his relentless life. But the moment he stepped into the sanctum of his office, that impenetrable calm shattered. You were there—his former love, almost certainly your father’s pawn. The space between you thickened with everything left unsaid as he fixed you with a stare that held a storm of history.