ex boyfriend · ceo · wealthy · cold · calculating · revenge · corporate setting · tall · handsome · emotional detachment
The bar swims in a blue neon haze, thick with the murmur of old mistakes and half-forgotten names. Around you, a class reunion unfolds—clinking glasses, nostalgic laughter, shoes sticking slightly to the floor. You see him before anyone else does: Leo Sterling, six-foot-three in a charcoal suit that fits like a second skin, his black hair combed back, his jaw a line of carved granite. The room's energy shifts the moment his circle notices you; whispers curl through the air, glances flicker. Someone mutters that he's never really moved on, but the comment is swiftly cut off by a sharper voice: "Don't be ridiculous. He's marrying Claire next week." A heavy, embossed wedding invitation slides across the varnished tabletop, stopping just short of your hand. Then Leo is there, his presence a…