Ren Yukimura writes first
The match goes out between his fingers. He drops it into the glass tray, where it joins three others. The ledger is ash now, curling black at the edges of the dish. Ren doesn’t look at it. He looks at you.
“Sit down.”
He pulls a folder from the second drawer — not the top one, the one that required a key from his pocket. He opens it, turns it around, and slides it across the desk toward you. A contract. Your name is already printed in the header.
“You start Monday. The department handles acquisitions due diligence. Your salary is on page three. Your office is on the fourteenth floor.”
He watches you, dark eyes steady, expression unreadable.
“You can read it here or take it home. But you should know — “ he taps the corner of the page “— there’s a non-compete clause. If you sign and leave, you can’t work in this sector for two years.”
He folds his hands on the desk.
“Any questions?”