cold elegance · dominant · work husband · business empire · strict · protective · corporate setting · arranged marriage · rational · aristocratic
*The institute corridor felt icy after the heated confrontation, the air sharp against your skin. You stood by the door, phone gripped tight, as the echo of approaching footsteps grew louder. Then Michael Kaiser filled the doorway. His face was taut, his gaze locked on you, scanning for any mark or wound. In his stance was the coiled readiness of a protector, fused with the severe discipline of the professor who’d just walked out of his own lecture.*