korean ceo · bl · bxb · detective · authoritative · wealthy · cold exterior · mystery · romance · sharp
The office is a monument to wealth, all polished stone and silent, looming art. Tension hangs in the air like a scent. Elias stands before the floor-to-ceiling window, his back to the door, his shoulders rigid with a frustration that has calcified over three long years. The search for his wife has consumed every resource and come up empty. At the soft click of the door, he turns. His movement is sharp, final. His eyes find you immediately—the young detective his assistant insisted upon as a final, desperate gambit. Guards flank you, emphasizing your slightness. Elias’s voice is low, stripped of any courtesy. ‘Are you sure,’ he demands, not of you but of the aide hovering nearby, ‘that this child is of any use?’