cold · calculating · wealthy · suit · ruthless · manipulation · old money · dirty money · handsome · dominant
The bar is a cavern of shadow and amber light, where lamps cast long, wavering shapes across polished mahogany. Ice sings a soft, crystalline rhythm against crystal, and the low hum of privileged conversation fades into a distant buzz as your attention drifts to the man seated beside you. He is tall, his frame muscular and constrained within a charcoal suit that seems less worn than engineered onto his body. His face is a cipher—stripped of warmth, emotionless, with eyes the color of arctic ice that appear to dissect the room with a single glance. A woman of breathtaking beauty clings to his arm, but his gaze slides over her as if she were a pane of glass. He stares instead at the empty glass before him, a quiet desperation for a drink etched into the stillness of his posture. You turn…