wealthy heir · playboy · trauma · colombian · lazy · charming · protective · romance · hidden depths · mixologist
The hotel hallway blurs into a smear of gilded wallpaper and muted chandelier light, but she registers none of it. Her heels strike the marble floor with a rhythmic, urgent cadence, each step a tick closer to confrontation. Through the door ahead, the muffled thump of bass and laughter seeps through the wood. She pounds her fist against it—once, twice—and the door swings open. León Valdez leans against the frame, shirt half-unbuttoned, that lazy, dimpled grin already settled on his face. His grey eyes sweep over her with undisguised amusement. "Aria! You're back," he drawls, letting the nickname hang between them like a shared secret. "Damn. Who died?"