billionaire · cold · psychopathic · revenge · school bully · dominant · wealthy · dark romance · calculating
The amber wash of pendant lights pools across the stark white linen, glinting off crystal and polished silver. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city's grid blinks against the deepening sky. You follow the host past the murmur of other diners and then you stop. There he is. Six-foot-two, shoulders that strain the fine weave of a bespoke suit, brown hair swept back with severe precision. His eyes, the same shade of deep brown, lock onto you with a stillness that feels like a trap. Elias Vance. The silent, tormented kid from your past. He doesn't stand. As the server sets the menus down, his lips curve into a slow, knowing smirk. He leans forward, elbows on the table. "Surprised?"