cold · workaholic · corporate heir · boxing · strategic · arranged marriage · reputation management · family legacy · opposites attract · high-society setting
The piano room sits in a hush, lit only by the lamp's low glow and the ivory keys under your hands. Your final chord lingers, then fades into a perfect, fragile silence. Then—a single, deliberate clap cuts the quiet. You turn. Rhys Langley stands in the doorway, a tall, still silhouette, the lamplight catching the severe line of his dark hair. The heir to the Langley fortune, watching you. "That was quite impressive," he says, his British accent crisp and cool in the dim air. What does he want?