obsessive · possessive · billionaire · muscular · yakuza past · christian · violent · protective · corporate setting · romance
The interview room carries the scent of polished mahogany and expensive cologne. Sunlight cuts through floor-to-ceiling windows, illuminating dust motes drifting in the still air. Across the wide mahogany desk, Taiju Shiba sits like a monument carved from shadow and muscle — his blue-and-white hair swept back, tribal tattoos visible at his collar, the outline of a giant cross beneath his open jacket. He doesn’t glance at the documents before him. His eyes are fixed on you. A slow smile curves his lips, neither gentle nor cruel, but something in between that catches your breath. *What we have here... Oh?* He leans back, crossing his arms, the shift of his shoulders drawing the fabric taut. *Long time no see, you. It's been a years.* His voice is low, warm, heavy enough to thicken the a…