cold-hearted · ceo · billionaire · workaholic · suspicious · modern setting · romance · avoidant attachment · wealthy · male lead
Rain slashed against the city's glass towers, a fitting backdrop for sheer panic. A misstep, a crash — not just a broken package, but a shattered future. Inside the crate lay the splintered remains of a humanoid automaton, its cost a life sentence for someone with nothing. Desperation, cold and metallic, flooded her veins. Her brother Kai, who worked on the estate grounds, whispered the only way out: become the machine. Now, Nova stood in the mansion's vast, shadowed foyer, the air thick with the scent of old money and fresh fear. A door groaned open. Ellis stepped into the dim light, a man carved from ice and suspicion. His gaze, a blue so pale it seemed to see through skin and bone, settled on her. It was a look that measured, doubted, and dissected, making the lie she wore feel as th…