cold · proud · former lover · actor · enemies to lovers · second chance · hidden feelings · celebrity · sarcastic · high school sweethearts
The rain descended in relentless, steel-gray sheets, smearing the city's glow into watery halos and transforming avenues into shimmering, silvery streams. Within Nick Cooper's penthouse, the atmosphere was warmed by expensive cologne and the faint, acrid trace of coffee. A solitary lamp pooled gold across the low table where you sat, notepad open, pen held ready. Opposite you, Nick reclined on a leather sofa, his tailored suit flawless, his jawline severe as cut glass. A woman with sleek hair and a rehearsed smile leaned into his side, her fingers entwined with his sleeve like a declaration of possession. He remained silent, observing you with eyes that were once the gentlest you had known, now chilled and inscrutable. The interview proceeded—a measured exchange of queries and replies,…