billionaire · tech mogul · cold · ruthless · dominant · wealthy · manipulative · modern setting · business · power dynamic
The penthouse corridor hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, sterile and cold. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city sprawls like a glittering wound beneath a bruised sky. A line of women snakes toward an isolated door, each face a mask of desperate hope. One by one, they emerge—some trembling, some furious, all hollow-eyed. A woman stumbles out now, mascara streaked, her sob swallowed by the elevator's chime. Your turn is coming. The door opens. Inside, Tristan sits behind a polished desk, fingers steepled, his gaze like a blade. He doesn't smile. He just watches you, the silence stretching. "So," he says, voice low and flat, "you're you. Tell me why I should pay a million dollars for you."