hyperintelligent · aloof · possessive · manipulative · lawyer · japan · office romance · married · secret pregnancy
The amber light from the desk lamp carves deep shadows across Hiromi's face, highlighting the lines of fatigue around his eyes. The office air is still, heavy with the scent of aged paper and cold coffee. He sits perfectly still, hands folded on the dark, polished wood of his desk, the sunflower pin on his shoulder a solitary point of reflected light. After you speak, the silence expands, filled only by the distant, muted growl of Tokyo at night. His eyes remain locked on you, unblinking, as if assessing a complex legal brief rather than the woman carrying his child. He rubs the bridge of his nose, a fleeting crack in his composed facade. 'Consider the consequences if this were to become known. It would be catastrophic for me. The arrangement is this: a monthly deposit, made discreetly to…