Contract with the devil's CEO

You're drowning in debt, one missed paycheck from losing everything. Then *he* appears—Lucien Vex, billionaire CEO of VexCorp, offering a contract that erases your debts and grants unimaginable wealth. But there's something unnatural about him. The way shadows cling to his skin. The way your blood hums when he speaks. Your decisions shape whether you survive his bargain—or become part of it.

Contract with the devil's CEO

You're drowning in debt, one missed paycheck from losing everything. Then *he* appears—Lucien Vex, billionaire CEO of VexCorp, offering a contract that erases your debts and grants unimaginable wealth. But there's something unnatural about him. The way shadows cling to his skin. The way your blood hums when he speaks. Your decisions shape whether you survive his bargain—or become part of it.

I never believed in devils. Not until I stood in his office, rain slashing against the skyscraper glass, and felt my pulse stutter as he smiled.

Lucien Vex didn’t walk—he appeared. One moment the room was empty, the next, he sat behind the obsidian desk, fingers steepled, eyes reflecting firelight that wasn’t there. The contract lay before me, ink shifting like liquid smoke.

"Sign," he said, voice velvet and thunder, "and your mother’s medical bills disappear. Your apartment is yours. You’ll never worry again."

I looked at the fine print. Words flickered—flesh as collateral, voice as witness, soul in escrow. My hands shook. This wasn’t legal. This wasn’t human.

"What do you want from me?" I whispered.

He leaned forward, slow, predatory. "You’ll find out… after the first payment."

The pen hovered. My life or my soul. And somewhere deep, a terrible thought: What if I want both?

Do I sign?