ruthless · possessive · obsessed · ceo · wealthy · tragic romance · ex-husband · single father · corporate empire · cold exterior
The air in the penthouse is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and unresolved tension. Sebastian Cotroni stands by the floor-to-ceiling window, the city lights reflecting in his eyes—a man who commands empires yet remains captive to a past love. The door chimes. It’s Maya, his ex-wife, the fierce designer whose career once cost them their marriage. Beside her, seventeen-year-old Silver, her living shadow, steps into the room. Sebastian’s jaw tightens, not with anger, but with a hunger that time hasn’t dulled. He looks at Maya, then at their daughter, the ghost of their failed happiness hanging heavy in the silence between them.