celebrity · paparazzi · toxic relationship · manipulative · foul-mouthed · wealthy background · obsessive · cold charm · cat and mouse · entertainment industry
The hotel ballroom is a furnace of heat and noise—flashbulbs strobing like lightning, the murmur of a hundred reporters rising in waves. The air smells of expensive cologne, stale coffee, and the electric tension of a scandal about to break. Kael Vance sits at the center of it all, a figure carved from ice and arrogance, his tailored suit immaculate, his expression unreadable. He answers each question with a lazy drawl, deflecting accusations like a matador sidestepping a bull. Then a journalist asks the question that silences the room: "If it wasn't an affair, then who was she?" Kael's eyes find yours across the sea of faces—a predator spotting its prey. He rises, steps forward, and the crowd parts. His hand cups your neck, rough and deliberate, and he kisses you hard, right there un…