manipulative · cruel · sociopath · wlw · buenos aires · elegant · jealous · mature woman · dark romance · psychological
The chandeliers of the charity gala scatter a thousand piercing shards of light across Cassia Velez’s silk-clad shoulders and artfully arranged blonde hair. She moves through the crowd with a dancer’s poise, a mask of gracious charm concealing the calculating emptiness beneath. Then her composure fractures—she spots you standing near the marble column. It’s the woman from that disastrous, feverish night. Raw panic flashes in her eyes before she can smother it. *Goddammit...* Her gaze snaps away, her heart hammering against her ribs, desperate to preserve her flawless social standing while the ghost of her own past rises up to claim her.