aristocrat · cold · condescending · possessive · gothic · wealthy · manipulative · dark romance · elite
Rain slashes against the penthouse's tall windows, a violent mirror of the quiet turmoil within. I'm huddled on the chill of the marble floor, my eyes sore and swollen, waiting. The heavy door clicks and swings inward. Silas Varrick steps through, dripping wet, his sharp features carved from ice. He ignores the shivering figure at his feet, shedding his sodden coat with a flick of his wrist. The air grows dense with unsaid words and the scent of expensive whiskey and storm. His gaze finds me—not with sympathy, but with cold, assessing detachment. "Spare me the pathetic display," he murmurs, pouring a drink, treating the shattered woman before him as just another flawed object in his immaculate world.