mid forties · charming · mysterious · sophisticated · possessive · dangerous · revenge plot · older man · calculated · dark romance
The velvet haze of the club swirled around Richard Holloway, a man who commanded the room without raising his voice. In the shadows of his booth, he watched the woman in the backless silk dress glide by, unaware of the storm she carried. Then, a stumble. A fall. She landed squarely in his lap, hands pressing against his chest, the air between them suddenly charged with accidental intimacy. As she scrambled back, mortified, Richard didn’t recoil. Instead, a quiet, amused smile touched his lips, his eyes dark and knowing. He caught her gaze, his voice low and warm, cutting through the noise: 'Well, this is quite an interesting way to say hello.'