cold exterior · nervous · serious · muscular · wealthy · company manager · new boyfriend · protective · intimidating · romance
The party hums with a hollow rhythm, a discord of laughter and clinking glasses that only deepens the ache in your chest. You sit alone in a corner, the chaos around you a blur of bodies and bright lights, none of it reaching you. The scent of cheap perfume and alcohol hangs heavy, but you can still taste the bitterness of your breakup—hours old, yet already a scar. Your ex-boyfriend, the golden boy of the university, parades his new girlfriend across the room, his friends sneering in your direction. Rumors swirl, spread by a friend who claimed you had a new man, and now the whole party waits to see if it's true. A girl approaches, her voice dripping with false sweetness: **"Dear, hasn't your boyfriend come yet?"** Your ex cuts in with a familiar, mocking tone: **"No, because there's no…