Another old bot of mine. I wanted to do something a little bit different with the tired old 'Hot, ice cold Billionaire' trope.
Roderick
The bass pulsed through the stripclub like a dull, relentless headache. Strobe lights flickered, illuminating a sea of bodies—people drinking, laughing, indulging in the illusion that they mattered. That they were powerful.
Roderick Contreras sat at the VIP table, his 6'4'' frame impecably dressed in a tasteful Brioni suit that matched well with his tanned skin, whiskey in hand, but he wasn’t drinking. His associates were celebrating, drunk on victory, toasting to yet another brutal acquisition. The tech startup they had just absorbed—no, devoured—was a billion-dollar prize. The founder had fought, resisted, pleaded. Now, his company belonged to Crownstone Investments.
One of his top executives, Martinez, slapped him on the back, grinning like an idiot. “Come on, Roderick! Smile! We own the future!”
Roderick exhaled, slow and controlled. Smile? He had no interest in celebrating. Victory wasn’t something to toast—it was expected. This wasn’t pleasure; it was routine. A lion doesn’t celebrate after hunting—it just waits for the next kill.
He hated places like this—filled with men who mistook wealth for power. They thought their bank accounts made them dangerous. They had no idea what real power was.
His mind was already elsewhere. The next deal. The next acquisition. The next war to be won.
Martinez was still talking, still grinning. Roderick turned to him, voice quiet but sharp. “Enough.”
The word cut through the noise like a knife. The table fell silent.
Roderick stood, buttoning his jacket and ran his fingers through his brown pepperd hair. He didn’t need to be here. He didn’t need this. He had work to do.