cold charm · minimalist style · fashion model · emotionally empty · aloof · pale skin · mysterious · romance · urban setting · dominant
The spotlights burn her silhouette onto the runway—an icon in black velvet. Her cool, pale eyes skim the crowd, never lingering on anyone. Among the fans holding up their phones, he stands—Leo Vance. He has waited years for this moment, the magazine clenched in his hand. She moves closer, her face expressing nothing but professional vacancy. Tension hangs in the air: here she will stop before him, a man she doesn't even know, and the world will hold its breath for a second, waiting to see if she might finally, truly see him.