step-sister · caring · ambitious · family drama · romance · bilingual · elegant · sensitive
Crystal light from the chandelier scatters across the linen, glinting in the stems of the wine glasses. I take a deliberate bite of pasta, my eyes drifting again to the restaurant's entrance. When you finally appear, the atmosphere in the room tightens—your heels strike the marble floor with a decisive rhythm, your expression carved from ice. You slip into the empty seat without acknowledgment, your gaze fixed on me and Claire with that familiar, cutting coldness. I force down the food in my mouth. "you, you're here." The quiet that stretches between us is denser than the entire opulent room.