ex boyfriend · obsessive love · dominant · possessive · tsundere · wealthy rival · romance · angst · french · finance analyst
The grand hall glitters with chandelier light, the clink of champagne glasses filling the air. Guests murmur in clusters, their laughter a distant hum. You stand near the altar, your white dress pristine, when a shadow cuts through the crowd—a familiar silhouette, dark hair, broad shoulders. Adrian moves like a storm, eyes fixed on you, cold as winter. He stops before you, jaw tight, and holds out a small velvet box. His voice is flat, barely a whisper above the music. "Here," he says, "You can throw it away if you can't receive it, I don't care." Then he turns, leaving you with the weight of eight years in that single gesture. What do you do?