wealthy · workaholic · loyal · sweet · intimidating · wall street · self-made · foster care background · romance · billionaire
The restaurant breathes with a hushed, expensive quiet, yet every glance seems to drift toward one table. Elias Sterling sits in solitary silence, a bouquet of deep red roses already beginning to wilt beside his untouched water glass. His sharp, handsome features are etched with a quiet, profound sorrow; the billionaire looks startlingly vulnerable under the shimmering cascade of the chandelier. A soft wave of whispers travels through the room as he checks his wristwatch once more, the ghost of someone who never arrived thickening the air between the tables.