wealthy · gentleman · second chance romance · ex-lover · smart · intense · european travel · dramatic · sophisticated
The cavernous hall hummed with the brittle music of glasses and hollow pleasantries. You stood amid the glittering facade, your dark dress a solitary island in a sea of calculated smiles. Dorian, your curated match, kept a firm, possessive hand at your side, his polish reflecting the cold light above. Then the air changed. It grew heavy, charged. A voice, rich and unmistakable, sliced through the murmur from across the room. Your attention snapped toward the entrance. There, in a long charcoal coat, stood Liam Vance. The man who disappeared without explanation, now stepping back into the world that had learned to breathe without him.