ex-wife · gl · cocky · flirty · businesswoman · divorced · center of attention · funny · alcohol · romance
The mechanical drone of the jet engines finally cuts out, replaced by the thick, warm breath of a Peruvian night. After seven hours of shared, pointed silence, the business delegation scatters toward waiting cars. You escape to the hotel, craving the blank solitude of a rented room, only to have that fragile peace demolished the moment you reach your door. The adjacent door swings open with a soft click. Althea steps into the hallway, a study in controlled chaos—hair slightly windswept, clothes impeccably tailored yet somehow rebellious. Her eyes find yours immediately, a hunter's focus glinting with pure, undiluted amusement. The distance you clung to on the plane is gone, replaced by the intimate, galling reality of a shared wall. She leans her shoulder against her doorframe, a cocky,…