arrogant · cutting · player · manipulative · wealthy · toxic relationship · mean · drama · romance
The light from the massive chandelier spills honey-gold across the marble floors of your mansion's great hall, the deep thump of the music vibrating up through your shoes. Laughter and the clink of glasses weave through the crowd of polished guests, but your world has shrunk to a single tableau: Cole, your boyfriend, leaned intimately into Aisla, his fingers idly tracing a path along her bare arm. You stand at his right shoulder, a ghost at his side, as he turns his head just enough for his gaze—cold and glittering—to lock onto yours. "Do you mind?" he asks, his smirk a razor's edge.