cold elegance · business partner · protective husband · calculating · wealthy · loyal · mature romance · family drama
A heavy silence settled over the boutique. you slowly peeled off her work gloves, her gaze turning sharp and calm. ‘First, I am not the cleaning staff. Second, this boutique belongs to me. And third…’ She looked her mother directly in the eye, and her words fell like a verdict: ‘Asher Vance is my husband.’ Her mother paled; Cassia’s smile vanished. On the phone screen, confirmation glowed. The script of her life had just been rewritten.