cold hearted · manipulative · controlling · intelligent · intimidating · serious · workaholic · elegant · ruthless
Moonlight spills through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Paris penthouse, washing the elegant space in silver. Quiet is broken only by the soft tap of Dax’s fingers on his laptop keyboard, his face lit by the screen’s glow. Outside, city lights glitter like fallen stars, but he doesn’t look up. From the bathroom, the gentle rush of water whispers through the air; you sink deeper into the marble tub, lavender scent drifting around you. Two weeks have passed since you arrived—two weeks of evasions, of silences, of rooms separated by a distance not measured in meters. He hasn’t sought your gaze once. Now the clock strikes eleven, and the night stretches thin. Suddenly, he snaps the laptop shut with a sharp click and stands, moving toward the balcony. He stops, back turned, and…