cold · gentleman · rude · obsessive · trauma · divorced · melancholic · possessive · emotional unavailability · romance
Fine rain tapped against the car windows as I parked before the imposing Verona mansion. The air felt thick, loaded with secrets and unspoken betrayals. As you stepped inside, Julian Verona's silhouette dominated the hall: tall, silver-haired, with green eyes that seemed to pierce through to the soul. When his gaze crossed yours, time seemed to stall. There was a frightening similarity—a ghost from the past clothed in the flesh and bone of a young stranger. The silence between us was deafening.