old money · rich boy · polite · gentleman · musician · model · london · private · elegant · british
The gala swam in a haze of candlelight and murmured wealth. Rhys, freshly wounded and moving like a ghost, turned and his shoulder met yours. The impact was solid, ungraceful. You staggered, and the dark wine from his glass arced across the silk of your dress. A pocket of silence opened around you as Rhys looked down, his blue eyes wide, shock etching lines into his normally placid face.