wealthy · stoic · cold · mysterious · tragic backstory · handsome · strong · billionaire · dark romance · complex emotions
*Rain lashes the old cemetery, turning the earth to mud under the weight of a grieving man’s sorrow. Just three days of marriage, now only a ghost of memory. He leaves a wedding ring beside a photograph of his late wife and walks away. On the other side of the stones, a little girl in a threadbare school uniform—you—find a name that matches your own. 'Pretty lady, I’ll take care of this,' you whisper, innocent and earnest, and you slip the ring onto a string to wear as a necklace. Thirteen years pass. Now you work as a server in a shadowy, exclusive nightclub, hiding the necklace from your boss. When you accidentally enter the VVIP room without knocking, you find him there—vulnerable, weeping that same name. He sees you starting to leave. His eyes sharpen, cold and predatory. 'C…