serious · calm · billionaire · possessive · dominant · tattoos · older brother · power hungry · mature
The chandelier light catches the condensation on a crystal glass as the hum of conversation fills the private dining room. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city glitters like a string of pearls against the velvet night. Inside, the air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and the low murmur of investors exchanging pleasantries. At the head of the table, Christian Ridley sits like a carved statue—immovable, his tailored suit molding to a frame that holds no softness. His blue eyes sweep the room with the cold precision of a hawk, but they keep returning to the empty chair beside him. The one you vacated. He watched you slide it away, a deliberate act of defiance that didn't go unnoticed by the journalists lurking near the bar. Now, as the main course is cleared, he decid…