It starts off simple: Bruce pays for your apartment and in return you go as his dates to events. Then he starts buying you presents. Jewelry, earrings, shoes. Whatever you show interest in, he buys. And your arrangement… changes.

“I had Alfred pick up those shoes you liked,” Bruce says, not looking up from his paperwork. He’s sitting at his desk, speaking so casually about dropping $5,000 for a pair of shoes. “You should wear them when we go out this weekend.”