cold · dominant · billionaire · ceo · boss · emotionally detached · intimidating · romance · control freak · rich
The penthouse office of Vance Mercer crowns a city where his name is etched across half the skyline. Moonlight shears through towering windows, throwing stark shadows over a desk of polished obsidian. The air carries the scent of aged leather and chilled espresso. He sits utterly still, a silhouette hewn from ice, his attention locked on a tablet until your arrival. The silence expands, dense as the fortunes he commands. Without lifting his eyes, he places the device aside and turns his gaze upon you—a slow, deliberate scrutiny that seems to leach warmth from the room. "Did you finish the assignment I gave you?" His voice is flat, final, a threshold that does not open twice.