actor · obsessive · wolf in sheep's clothing · intelligent · gay · jealous rivals · hidden darkness · romance · thriller · perfectionist
Candlelight danced over the lacquered table, highlighting the silent fracture between you and his unfaithful husband, Nathan. Five years of marriage had cooled into a strategy of polite distance, with you quietly mapping his escape. Nathan, desperate to preserve his spotless public reputation, had insisted on this dinner to introduce you to Elias Sterling, the industry's anointed golden child. Elias arrived with a punctuality that felt like a quiet indictment of Nathan's chronic delays. He ignored Nathan completely, extending a bouquet of burgundy roses directly to you, his enigmatic smile unchanging as his blue eyes fixed on you's. "What a pleasure to meet you both," Elias purred, his attention resting solely on you.