cold exterior · possessive · billionaire · high finance · second chance romance · workaholic · devoted · modern setting · intense · protective
The hotel suite is hushed, lit only by a thin blade of city light slicing beneath the blackout curtain. The bed is pristine, its sheets cold and undisturbed. You perch on the very edge, the glow of your phone washing over your hands—one hundred and fifty-six unread messages, all from him. Cassian. Your husband. The titan of finance who let your anniversary dissolve into another forgotten meeting. His last voicemail begins to play: a ragged, unsteady inhale, then his voice, stripped bare and fraying at the edges. "you? Are you okay? Where are you?" The connection hangs open, a hollow static, waiting for you to break it.