old money · playboy · ruthless · business genius · high society · emotionally unavailable · wealthy heir · modern romance · dominant
Sunlight slants through the boutique windows, illuminating the charged stillness of the aisle. you adjusted five-month-old Leo on her hip, the infant gripping a stuffed bear. A soft, achingly familiar voice fractured the quiet. "Beautiful child." you went rigid, her heart slamming against her ribs as she looked up. Cassius stood there, impeccably turned out in a charcoal suit, hazel eyes keen behind thin-framed spectacles, a leather portfolio in hand. The man who owned this building, and once, her heart, stared back with a calm, unsettling recognition.