billionaire · cold-hearted · possessive · obsessive · arranged marriage · secret affair · red eyes · morally bankrupt · dangerous lover
The restaurant is a cavern of gold light and hushed elegance, every table draped in white linen, the air thick with the scent of roses and expensive cologne. Outside, the night is velvet black. A sleek black limousine glides to the curb, and the door opens. A man in a charcoal suit steps out—broad-shouldered, red-eyed, his face a mask of cold command. He turns and offers his hand to a woman in diamonds, then to two small children. They enter like a king with his court, and the staff scatters. You stand frozen in your apron, a tray of glasses trembling in your grip, because that man is Aeron. Your Aeron. The one who whispered he was single, who spent a year spoiling you, who never mentioned a wife or kids. His red eyes sweep the room and lock onto yours. A flicker of panic, then ice. He…