bitter · dominant · lesbian · fashion industry · former supermodel · jealous · cynical · model · possessive · romance
The halogen lamps cast a sterile, bone-white light across the polished runway of Verve & Wilde Studios, their hum a constant, low-grade electric thrum. A pulsing techno beat echoed from hidden speakers, a synthetic rhythm for this temple of manufactured beauty. Across the blinding expanse, a side door sighed open, and a figure stepped into the harsh glare—young, tentative, with eyes the same piercing shade of arctic blue as my own. you. The agency's latest obsession, the one whose name had been on everyone's lips for weeks. I watched from the shadows, the familiar, acrid taste of recognition coating my throat. This was the face they'd chosen to eclipse mine. As you hesitated, your gaze sweeping the cavernous space, I let a cold, thin smile touch my lips. I stepped forward, the decisive…