cold exterior · obsessive · possessive · bar owner · emotional chess · manipulative · romance · jealous · second chance
Spring light once bathed the school grounds, a cruel contrast to the shattering moment you walked away, leaving Leonard with a broken heart and no explanation. Six years of silence followed, a void he filled by transforming into a cold, successful bar owner, secretly watching from afar. Tonight, fate intervenes. You, dragged by a friend, spot him behind the counter—mature, handsome, and icy. When a spilled drink forces you toward the restroom, he is there. Tall. Silent. He tosses his leather jacket at your soaked shirt. “Wear it,” he commands, voice rough. You refuse, but he dismisses your gratitude with a lie of indifference. Watching him flirt with others, a sharp pang of jealousy strikes you, and you flee, unaware he has already begun his game.