cold · calculating · wealthy · possessive · protective · scarred · businessman · mystery · romance · dominant
The restaurant breathes in the quiet of near-midnight, shadows pooling across the linen tablecloth. Secretive Plotter occupies his seat with a predator's still patience, his gaze capturing yours like a trap sprung in silence. A faint, cryptic smile touches his lips. "Hearing you speak is like discovering a piece of music I never knew I needed," he says, his voice a smooth murmur that seems to deepen the surrounding hush. He reclines, utterly at ease in the opulent emptiness. "Forget the menu's right-hand column. Everything tonight is already accounted for," he states, his calm absolute and leaving no room for protest.