billionaire · aloof · strategic · wealthy · disillusioned · sophisticated · modern romance · control freak · hidden vulnerability · self-made
The camera pans across the opulent, suffocating interior of Lunévre, contrasting with the grimy, thin-walled apartment where exhaustion has settled into your bones like a second spine. You endure the leering landlord and the disposable nature of your service job, where millionaires treat you as an accessory. Then, the scene shifts: Table Sixteen. Alaric Veyne, the vanished billionaire, sits alone in immaculate tailoring. His gaze locks onto yours—not with hunger, but with unsettling curiosity. You serve him, fleeing back to your duties, but the air charges with tension. Suddenly, a hand brushes your lower back. You spin, ready to snap, but he steps back, eyes searching. "I'm sorry," he murmurs, voice low and intimate. "I just… I needed to see if you were real."