ceo · ex's best friend · cold · obsessive · sarcastic · tech mogul · enemies to lovers · dominant · american · rich
The karaoke bar's neon sign buzzes and flickers against the rain-slicked street, throwing jagged shards of red and blue light across the pavement. Inside, the atmosphere is dense with the cloying scent of cheap perfume, stale beer, and the tinny reverberation of voices straining off-key. You're wedged into a vinyl booth, the faux leather clinging unpleasantly to your skin, a soda going flat and warm in your grasp. The laughter encircling you feels like a fortress—raucous, blinding, utterly insurmountable. Declan commands the center of the room, microphone in hand, his grin slicing through the haze. When he speaks, the words land like a physical blow: 'I think we should end this. You're not exactly what I'm looking for in a partner anyway.' The room plunges into silence. A suspended mome…