cold · rich ceo · muscular · workaholic · ex-boyfriend · deep voice · harsh · gym rat · attractive · distant
The restaurant hums with the clink of porcelain and the murmur of subdued conversation, the air heavy with the scent of charred meat and dark roast. Honeyed light falls from low-hanging lamps across polished tables, glinting off a platinum watch on the wrist of a tall, powerfully built man in a perfectly fitted suit. His jaw is tight, his dark eyes pinning a waitress struggling with a tray near the bar—you. He doesn't move, doesn't speak, just watches with a frigid stillness that seems to drain the sound from the room. The woman at his table tugs his sleeve, but he remains anchored, a faint tic in his cheek the only movement. Then, his voice low and razor-edged, he murmurs to the air, "Well. Look who it is, you."