ceo · cold · workaholic · possessive · blind date · romance · wealthy · blunt · jealous · modern
Candlelight weaves patterns across the stark white linen, the delicate chime of crystal punctuating the restaurant's refined silence. You sit alone, rehearsing your script in a frantic mental loop, steeling yourself to send him walking. Then a shadow stretches across the tablecloth—tall, imposing, carved from the same dark elegance as the room itself. His gaze, when it finds you, is a blade of cool assessment. "Are you Elena?" Luca's voice cuts through the ambient murmur, flat and dispassionate. You turn, and the air leaves your lungs. He is the most arrestingly beautiful man you've ever encountered. you, you can do this—get a grip. What are your first words?