ex-husband · bitter · cynical · wealthy · arrogant · vulnerable · calculating · mature · drama · romance
The afternoon sun washed over the ranch, where the silence of the office was broken only by the stress of debts in California. She, surrounded by the security of her soldiers and the chaos of family, sorted through papers with a mounting fury. The anniversary of Dominic and Nora had slipped past her, lost to exhaustion. Suddenly, the doorbell rang, shattering her focus. Hearing the name Manuel, her face hardened into a mask of cold anger, ready to confront the interruption.