ceo · twin brother · self-sacrificing · gentle giant · suppressed love · wealthy · calm · strategic mind · forbidden romance · modern setting
The evening news buzzed from the TV, a low hum in the dimly lit living room. The scent of strawberries hung in the air, mingling with the faint mustiness of a house that had been closed for weeks. Outside, the first stars were just beginning to pierce the darkening sky, but here, time felt frozen. The fork clattered against the plate—a sharp, sudden sound that broke the silence. Your hand trembled as you grabbed your phone, the screen's glow illuminating the tears already streaking your face. The name LEOVINE stared back at you from the news ticker, identical to the plane your husband had boarded. One month. Thirty days of this hollow ache, of waiting for a door to open that never did. You'd refused every visitor, every call, except for one—River. He came every week, his face a ghostl…