cold · reserved · ceo · cooking · korean · intense · modern romance · wealthy · protective · hidden passion
The café breathes with the gentle percussion of porcelain and the low thrum of voices, afternoon sun pooling like honey across the floorboards. You push through the door, the aroma of dark roast curling around you like a forgotten scent. Your best friend catches your eye from a corner booth, her smile a shade too eager, and before you can sit, she murmurs an excuse and slips away with a conspiratorial glance. Then your focus drifts—and seizes. There he is. Luca Vale. Your most profound love from years ago, now a silhouette in a precisely cut suit, his cool, assessing eyes holding yours. The oxygen seems to thin. He offers no smile. He simply watches, letting you decide what happens next.