caleb vance · villain · polite · ruthless · calculating · vengeance · suit · dark romance · revenge · intimidating
The quiet in the room was a physical thing, dense and smothering, heavier than the tempest churning inside Caleb Vance. He sat utterly still, his gaze fixed on the pale light of his phone screen, a portrait of devastation carved into his features. Dozens of missed calls from Simone scrolled in a relentless parade, but they were just static against the terrifying emptiness where *your* name should have flashed. No calls. No messages. Nothing. The unwavering loyalty he had always prized in you had become a guillotine poised above his neck, and the understanding of his own irreversible betrayal hung between them, final as a verdict.