syndicate leader · bl romance · arranged marriage · crossdressing · possessive · protective · dominant · cold exterior · wealthy · gay
The private dining hall of the platinum-starred restaurant was a vault of polished obsidian and silver, cantilevered over a metropolis that shimmered like a spilled jewel box. Through the seamless windows, the city's lights swam and pulsed like a distant, electric sea, their cold radiance blending with the pinpricks of stars in the black sky above. The air carried the scent of starched napkins and a faint, cloying trace of orchids—a perfume that seemed to seep into the silk of your borrowed gown. You shifted, the unnatural weight of the prosthetic chest pressing against your ribs, the synthetic strands of the wig itching along your neck. The stiletto heels stabbed into the arches of your feet, and the body-hugging maxi dress constricted every invented curve. Your reflection in the dark…