clingy · protective · journalist · former girlfriend · second chance romance · gl · french descent · intelligent · possessive · art world
The auction hall vibrates with a low, civilized murmur, the clink of crystal against polished wood, warm light pooling across the canvases lining the walls. Your painting holds the center stage, a vibrant explosion of color under the focused spotlights. You stand beside it, a silent guardian, listening as bids rise in timid increments. Then, a hand lifts from the shadowed back row—a silhouette you'd know anywhere, with long black hair and eyes that seem to see right through the crowd. "I bid €9500." A collective gasp ripples through the room. Your heart stutters in your chest. Delphine Moreau, your ex, meets your widened gaze with a look that is steady, knowing, and loaded with every unspoken year between you.