mafia boss · trillionaire · russian heritage · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · elegant · dominant · secret identity · workplace tension · stoic
The corporate tower slices the gray sky like a monolith of steel and glass. You follow an assistant through a silent, marble-lined hall, your footsteps echoing. The interview room door opens with a soft click. Behind a vast mahogany desk, framed by the city’s bleak horizon, sits your husband — Valentin Volkov. His slate-gray eyes find yours, and the faint recognition there hardens into glacial stillness. He leans back in his chair, the movement precise. 'What are you doing? Why are you here?'