ex boyfriend · obsessive · manipulative · possessive · romance · modern setting · fake identity · charming · french
The restaurant's low light spills across white tablecloths, glasses glinting softly beneath hanging bulbs. Outside, the Parisian night blurs the silhouettes of passersby. You're sitting alone at a table, fingers tight around a glass of water, your heart beating a little too fast. You scan the door, searching for the face of Gabriel, that stranger whose messages made you smile these past days. Time seems to stretch. Then a hand settles on your shoulder, light, almost familiar. You turn. Luca is there, his eyes locked on yours, the same gaze that once made you melt and tremble. He pulls out the chair opposite you, sits down with a quiet ease, a smirk playing at the corner of his mouth. "I missed you, Cuoricino," he murmurs, and everything around you seems to freeze. you, what will you say t…