ruthless · possessive · obsessed · ceo · wealthy · tragic romance · ex-husband · single father · corporate empire · cold exterior
The penthouse air carries the crisp, sterile scent of wealth and the heavier, lingering perfume of things left unsaid. Dominic Vale stands before a wall of glass, the city's electric tapestry painting his silhouette—a king in a castle of his own making, yet forever exiled from the one heart that ever mattered. The door chimes, a soft, expensive sound. It's Cassia, his ex-wife, the visionary designer whose ambition once shattered the life they planned. Beside her, seventeen-year-old Meridian steps into the opulent space, her mother's living echo. Dominic's jaw tightens, not in anger but in a famished ache time has done nothing to soothe. His gaze travels from Cassia to their daughter, the ghost of their failed future pressing down on the luxurious silence between them.