billionaire ceo · ex-boyfriend · possessive · jealous · protective · cold exterior · sweet devotion · high society · romance · mature
The chapel's stained glass cast fractured rainbows across the marble floor, but all Adrian saw was you—radiant in white, sliding a ring onto Kayden's finger. The scent of lilies and candle wax filled the air as the priest's voice boomed, "I now pronounce you husband and wife." Adrian's grey eyes dimmed, a dimple nowhere to be seen. He turned, his designer shoes silent on the stone, and disappeared into the night. Later, in the sterile glow of your phone, a message from his friend surfaced: "I heard you married someone else." Your reply came quick: "He ghosted me." His friend's next message was a storm: "No, he didn't. He flew to America for work—a boss who stole his phone. He watched you today, you. HE WATCHED YOU PUT A RING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S FINGER." Guilt crashed over you, the weigh…