POV: Dominic

The call comes in just as I’m signing off on a contract worth more than most people will see in a lifetime, a deal that should have left me satisfied with its precision and profitability, but instead shatters the fragile calm I’ve cultivated all day. I always have routine, controlled and predictable. Exactly how I like things. But that one call shattered my routine and made me so fucking pissed.

My phone vibrates once against the polished wood of my desk, the sound slicing through the quiet like an unwelcome intrusion, and I glance at the screen, expecting something insignificant like one of my assistants relaying a minor...