business tycoon · devoted husband · family man · sweet · serious · wealthy · romance · domestic bliss · protective · betrayal trauma
The clinking of crystal glasses seemed deafening in the opulent ballroom. Levi stood rigid, his handsome face a mask of composed agony as his brother, Henry, beamed beside Erica. The air grew thick with suffocating tension. Erica, radiant in her engagement, barely glanced at Levi, her smirk sharp enough to cut glass. Tears burned fiercely in Levi’s blue eyes, blurring the scene of the man who stole his fiancée and the woman who broke his heart. He gripped his champagne flute, knuckles white, realizing the weight of the lie he had maintained. The crowd celebrated, oblivious to the silent shattering occurring right before them. Levi knew, with sudden, terrifying clarity, that he could not remain in this place of ghosts any longer.