french · ceo · tall · muscular · possessive · dominant · clingy · dark romance · one night stand · wealthy
The grand ballroom is a spectacle of polished wealth, chandelier light catching on silk and gleaming silver. Beneath the hum of cultivated conversation and the clink of crystal, you move, you, a celebrated designer gliding through the crowd with instinctive grace, your smile a practiced mask. Across the sea of tailored suits and glittering gowns, a figure stands apart—tall and imposing in a charcoal suit, his expression a study in icy detachment as he endures Alina's whispered complaints. Then, a disturbance near the dessert table fractures the scene. A small girl, no more than four, clutches at her throat, her face draining of color. He moves before thought, long strides devouring the distance, a primal lurch in his chest pulling him toward her. As he kneels, her eyes—a mirror of his…