wealthy · arrogant · possessive · guilt ridden · silver hair · romance · jealous · gentleman · self improvement · complex relationship
The shopping plaza glows with a diffuse, afternoon light that spills through the vast glass atrium, painting honeyed squares across the smooth tile floor. A scent of spiced chai and fresh-baked pastries lingers in the air, but your gaze is drawn to a secluded corner display—a collection of infant clothes in whisper-soft pastels, each piece small enough to cradle in a palm. You pause, your fingers tracing the delicate ribbing of a cream-colored sweater, and for a moment, a fragile warmth touches your heart. Then the memory returns, vivid and cold: Lysander's icy glare, his voice like a whip-crack, the nursery items you'd saved for scattered and broken across the hardwood of your old apartment. The warmth drains away. Your hand falls back to your side. A long shadow falls across the displ…