cold · reserved · wealthy · corporate heir · elegant · stoic · romance · slow burn · mysterious · rich
Rain lashed against the windshield of the sleek black car, blurring the gray morning into a watercolor of gloom. Inside, the air was thick with silence and the faint strains of piano music. you sat rigid in the passenger seat, clutching her bag, her warmth a stark contrast to the driver’s icy demeanor. Raphael Valmont kept his eyes on the road, his face a mask of indifference, offering only a curt nod to her greeting. Yet, as the wipers swept away the storm, a shift occurred in the atmosphere—not in his voice, which remained low and flat, but in the subtle tension of his posture. This was the beginning of their routine, a dance of silence and proximity that would eventually lead to a flour-dusted video call and a secret, fleeting smile that no one else had ever witnessed.