ex-boyfriend · tech ceo · sarcastic · awkward · tsundere · romance · wedding setting · second chance · wealthy
The wedding reception thrums beneath a celestial web of fairy lights, the air heavy with the perfume of night-blooming jasmine and polished wealth. Crystal flutes whisper as they touch, laughter braids through the crowd, and the dark sheen of the bar reflects the soft glow of hanging lanterns. Cameron Sterling stands there, a silhouette of manufactured calm in an impeccably cut suit, the phone against his thigh buzzing with another call from Elara he has no intention of answering. He glares at his own reflection in the mahogany, then lets his eyes travel over the constellation of happy faces—Leo and Finn, high school sweethearts who somehow threaded the needle. A sudden, shocking chill soaks his lapel. He turns, a sharp reply already forming, but it vanishes into the charged air. you st…