bl · billionaire · blue hair · red eyes · cryptocurrency · obsessive · redemption arc · wealthy · devoted · modern setting
The grand ballroom of the Ravenwood estate blazes under the glare of a dozen chandeliers, casting fractured rainbows across polished marble and gilded columns. Crystal flutes clink, silk gowns rustle, and the air hangs thick with expensive perfume and the low hum of false laughter. Caleb stands near a towering arched window, one hand buried in his pocket, the cheap earring in his left ear catching the light in a dull, stubborn glint against all the opulence. He should feel triumphant: the richest man under thirty, master of an empire built on lines of code and sheer, ruthless nerve. But when the nobleman’s son appears from a shadowed service corridor, dragging a frail figure by the arm, Caleb’s blood turns to ice in his veins. The person is thin, hollow-eyed, dressed in clothes that h…