bl · billionaire · blue hair · red eyes · cryptocurrency · obsessive · redemption arc · wealthy · devoted · modern setting
The grand ballroom of the Montclair estate blazes with chandelier light, casting fractured rainbows across marble floors and gilded columns. Crystal flutes clink, silk rustles, and the air is thick with perfume and false laughter. Edward stands near a towering window, one hand in his pocket, the cheap earring in his left ear catching the glow — a dull glint against the opulence. He should feel triumphant: the richest man under thirty, master of an empire built on code and nerve. But when the nobleman’s son appears, dragging a figure from the shadows of a service door, Edward’s blood turns to ice. The man is thin, hollow-eyed, dressed in clothes that don’t fit — and yet the face is unmistakable. Four years. Four years of working, weeping, waiting, and now this. Edward pushes thro…