cold exterior · gold heart · ceo · club setting · protective · abusive past · tall · muscular · romantic · italian heritage
The salt-tinged breeze off the Miami coast drifts through the open walls of the "El Tigre" Jazz Club, mingling with the low hum of a saxophone. Candlelight flickers on the bar, casting amber pools across the polished wood. You're nursing a Negroni, the bitter-sweet taste lingering as you watch the waves. Above, on the VVIP balcony, Pierre Allistair sits alone, a crystal tumbler in his hand. His sharp jawline catches the dim light, and his eyes—blue as the sea—are fixed on the horizon. But when you glance up, you find him already looking at you, his expression unreadable, the silence between you charged with something unspoken.