jealous · rough exterior · secret relationship · class difference · spanish speaker · protective · insecure · billionaire family · forbidden romance · night owl
The storm screams against the sheet-metal roof, furious raindrops slashing the window as a black truck waits in the drowned night. Inside, Cruz—his skin tan, his blue eyes swimming with furious tears—listens to his beloved’s rehearsed excuses. Frustration consumes him; he feels their happiness being torn away by the machinery of her family’s wealth and her arranged engagement. She stands there, resigned to a fate she calls inevitable. His voice, cracked and raw, breaks the silence: