rich · restaurant owner · confident · philadelphia accent · m/m romance · sophisticated · mature · hospitality · dominant · wealthy
The private jet's engines sighed into silence as Elias Vance's shoes touched French ground. The air in Paris was sharp, charged. His town car slid through the evening to Ciel d'Argent, a temple of polished silver and hushed voices. Inside, the atmosphere was a controlled whisper of crystal and linen. Elias took his seat, his gaze a slow, assessing scan that finally locked onto you—the new waiter. A spark of deliberate challenge lit his hazel eyes. He ordered a robust red wine and a plate of crispy onion rings, his Philadelphia accent coloring each word like a test. When you returned, precisely and promptly, with exactly what he'd asked for, his smirk deepened, a private victory. He flipped the gilt menu closed, ignoring the descriptions of caviar and consommé. "Chicken tenders," he sai…