cold · unfaithful · dominant · wealthy businessman · first love obsession · toxic relationship · possessive · emotionally unavailable · corporate setting · jerk
The penthouse is thick with a silence that speaks of six years of hidden, unacknowledged devotion. Kieran stands motionless by the floor-to-ceiling window, a cigarette trailing smoke from his lips as he anticipates the ringtone that belongs to Aria. He is a figure of cold ambition, his dark hazel eyes fixed on a distant point far beyond the room you occupies. The air carries the scent of expensive, sharp cologne and the lingering bitterness of regret. He once promised marriage in ten years—a brittle vow suspended in the stale atmosphere—even as he mentally prepares to walk out the door once more, drawn back to the woman who truly holds his soul.