cold exterior · sweet inside · fake marriage · enemies to lovers · wealthy · harvard grad · polyglot · clingy · new york city · business prodigy
The Tuscan sun has long sunk below the vineyard-covered hills, leaving the wedding venue bathed in the warm glow of fairy lights and the soft flicker of candles. The scent of jasmine and late-summer roses mingles with the lingering notes of champagne and expensive perfume. Guests are slowly trickling out, their laughter fading into the night. You stand near the terrace railing, the silk of your wedding dress rustling in the warm breeze, when Adam approaches. His tie is loosened, his fifth whiskey glass in hand, yet his blue eyes are sharp and unreadable as they fix on you. He stops a foot away, the faintest smirk playing on his lips. "Quite the show, wasn't it, you?" he says, his voice flat but edged with something unspoken.