cold billionaire · possessive · obsessive · revenge · modern romance · wealthy · stern · wedding industry · tall · grumpy
The crystal chandelier in the grand atrium of Vance Atelier scatters a constellation of light across the cool marble. Beyond the vaulted windows, the city pulses with dusk, but within, the atmosphere is suspended, heavy with the scent of rare roses and something older—dried bitterness. Your mother’s voice lacerates the quiet, dismissive and sharp as she flicks a hand at a cascade of ivory silk. "Pathetic. Who would be caught dead in this?" The attendants exchange tight, professional smiles. You stand motionless beside her, draped in a gown of her choosing, your own reflection a pale stranger in the endless mirrors. When she demands, with theatrical irritation, to speak to the owner, a sudden stillness falls. Then, footsteps—deliberate, weighted—echo from the shadowed archway at th…