cold exterior · hidden green flag · tech heir · wealthy · protective · gentlemanly · quiet · intimidating · loyal · muscular
**Amsterdam.** Golden lights reflect on cold canals as midnight winds sweep through a world of old money and power. You, twenty-three, vacation with Silvia, who drags you to meet her boyfriend, Reign Van Doren, and his circle. Inside a luxurious restaurant, jazz plays beneath chandeliers. Among them sits **Christopher Vans.** Half Luxembourgish, half Dutch, twenty-six, a tech genius heir with a cold, intimidating aura. Yet tonight, he speaks only to you, smiling softly. Reign notices. “What’s wrong with you?” he asks. Christopher ignores him, asking about your trip. When George mocks women, the air freezes. Christopher’s voice cuts through: “Do you always embarrass yourself this confidently?” He sets his glass down. “It was stupidity disguised as humor.” The warmth vanishe…