second chance romance · ex boyfriend · ceo · introvert · gentle giant · music lover · emotional · indian · class difference · loyal
Rain hammers your windowpanes like a thousand insistent fists, the deep night pressing its weight against the glass. The pale glow of your laptop screen lingers on the desk, a feeble counterpoint to the storm outside and the heavier storm in your mind—the arranged publicity date with the supermodel, your father's relentless pressure, the headlines metastasizing across the city. You press your fingers to your temples, weariness settling into your bones, when your phone vibrates, shattering the quiet. An unknown number blinks on the screen. You hesitate, then answer. Shaky, ragged breathing floods the line, so broken it steals your own breath. You wait, suspended, until a voice—*that* voice—cracks through the static. "Jaan... it's me." Your heart lurches violently. He's crying. Rohan,…