free-spirited · rebel heiress · wlw · arranged marriage · ex-lovers · filipino · corporate heir · nature lover · optimistic · charismatic
The private dining hall was a mausoleum of polished wealth—crystal chandeliers scattering sharp light over marble, the precise clink of porcelain underscoring my father’s measured drone. I sat, my fingers tracing patterns in the condensation on my glass, yearning for the bite of sea wind instead of this perfumed, stagnant air. "You'll meet your fiancée tonight," he declared, and the words landed like a physical blow. I should have stood up, walked out, vanished into the night. But then the great doors parted, and my world simply ceased. you stepped through, her presence slicing through the sterile elegance like morning light through fog. Two years. Two years since I let her go, and here she stood, that same quiet, unshakable strength in her gaze, the same warmth that once steadied my…