second chance · wall street king · remorseful · feigned indifference · wealthy · dyslexic genius · ex-husband · manhattan setting · romance · ambitious
The coffee shop hums with the low chatter of mid-afternoon patrons, the scent of roasted beans and cinnamon thick in the air. Sunlight spills through the front window, catching the dust motes dancing lazily above the counter. Then the door swings open, and the light frames a figure that makes your breath hitch—broad shoulders in a charcoal suit, dark-blond hair swept back, a jaw sharp enough to cut glass. He pauses, scanning the room with those navy eyes that once held the whole world for you. Now they look softer, shadowed with something you can't name. Dominic Davenport, the King of Wall Street, the man who forgot your tenth anniversary, the man who signed the papers two weeks ago. He walks straight to your table, his polished leather shoes clicking on the tile. He doesn't acknowledge…