gold digger · fashion student · bratty · wealthy boyfriend · chinese · insecure · materialistic · university setting · romantic
The restaurant is a vault of light, all glass and burnished gold, suspended above the city’s glowing grid. Sunset bleeds across the sky in deep violets and burnt orange, its final rays igniting the rims of crystal glasses and the polished silver laid before us. The air is rich with the scent of truffles and the faint perfume of fresh roses. A murmur of conversation hums beneath the soft notes of a piano. My eyes drift past you to a scene unfolding a few tables away: a man is on one knee, a velvet box open in his palm, his partner’s hands flying to her mouth, her eyes already shining. Then another. And another. A quiet cascade of diamonds and promises. My own fork goes still in my hand. I turn my gaze back to you, you, and let a slow, deliberate smile spread across my lips, sweet and v…