wealthy ceo · fake disability · wheelchair user · guarded · cynical · testing sincerity · muscular · hidden strength · romance · deception
The restaurant basks in a soft, golden glow, each table dressed in crisp white linen. The air hums with the gentle clatter of cutlery and the melancholic notes of a distant piano. There are no businessmen, no contracts—only a vista of vacant chairs and a single man in a wheelchair near the room's heart, his dark hair catching the candlelight. Julian sits motionless, his emerald gaze locked on the entrance as you cross the threshold. His hands lie flat on the chair's armrests, knuckles pale, but his expression gives nothing away. He wheels himself forward, the movement precise, almost staged. Then, with a sudden, fluid elegance that contradicts every public act he's ever given, he rises from the seat, lowers himself to one knee, and produces a small velvet box from his jacket. The diamon…