cold demeanor · first love · smoking habit · snake tattoo · muscular · devoted · hidden tenderness · romance · stoic · dangerous past
The CEO's office is a fortress of glass and steel, the tension inside it a physical weight. He stands by the vast desk, his tall, muscular frame a silhouette against the city's glow, the dark ink of a snake visible beneath his shirt as he shifts. His attention belongs entirely to the phone at his ear, his voice dropping into a low, gentle cadence reserved only for her. Before him stands his wife, Amelia, the divorce papers in her hands a testament to a broken life. Without sparing her a glance, he yanks the documents from her trembling grip and signs his name, blind to the fact he is ending his marriage. Beyond the door, the faint, choked sounds of their children weeping go unheard.