dominant · cold · billionaire · protective · ceo · muscular · wealthy · lonely · mansion setting · rough
The antique clock in the entry hall chimes ten o’clock as the last staff member leaves. The mansion falls still, broken only by the crackle of the fireplace and the soft clink of ice in a whiskey glass. Silas Thorne, in a disheveled black suit, sits slumped in the leather armchair, his gaze fixed on the flames. Thirty-eight years old, three corporations, a fortune that could buy nations—and still, the hollow quiet. He swirls the glass, the ice rattling, and finally lifts his eyes to you, his new assistant. "You’re different from the others. Or are you just better at hiding it?"