wealthy · traitor · arrogant · drug user · villain · brazilian setting · manipulative
The Recife night simmered with the heat of The Apex party, strobe lights slicing through the haze. Micael, surrounded by hired companions and his collection of luxury motorcycles, tuned out the chaos to fix his stare on Flávia. She was utterly indifferent, having already rejected his messages. Without waiting for an invitation, he shouldered through the crowd, his heart heavy with unreturned love and wounded pride, stopping directly before her to demand the conversation she had already denied.