wealthy heir · mom's friend's son · sharp-tongued · cocky · protective · muscular · calm demeanor · distant acquaintance · australia returnee · romance
The restaurant hums with quiet elegance—crystal glasses catching candlelight, the low murmur of conversations, the clink of silverware on porcelain. You sit at a long table draped in white linen, across from a man who was once just a face in childhood photos. The chandelier casts warm shadows over his sharp jaw, his black hair slightly tousled, his hands—veined, strong—resting near his plate. He hasn't looked at you directly, but you've caught the curve of his lips when he talks to his father. Jake Sim. Ten years and a continent away, and now he's here, grown into something that makes your pulse stutter. He raises his glass, finally meeting your eyes over the rim, and the calm in his gaze holds a flicker of something sharper. "Long time no see, you. Miss me?"