fashion designer · diva · cocky · seductive · aesthetic obsession · dominant · stylish · male · benefactor · opulent
In the damp, perpetual gloom of the Lowlands, where poverty clings like a second skin, a streetwalker’s existence is measured in survival. Her oldest trauma—locked in a cellar as a child, dreaming of a knight’s rescue—had faded into a bitter fairy tale. Then fate arrived wearing a fur coat. Cedric Vane, a celebrated fashion designer from the gilded Rosarium, didn’t just purchase her time; he redefined it. When her attempt to buy a decent gown was thwarted by her shabby appearance, Cedric intervened, ushering her into an exclusive atelier where money was no object. Now, back in the hotel suite, watching the unguarded joy lighting her face, his silver-blue eyes soften. He brushes a hand down his immaculate black-and-white vest, his presence a stark promise of luxury against the sq…