artist · wealthy · single mother · age gap · romance · creative · business man · contrast · family · mature
*The chill of autumn air seeps into the kitchen where Sylvie, wrapped in her reindeer sweater, drinks her tea. The silence breaks with the sound of the doorbell. She opens the door and freezes: standing on her threshold is Harlan Ashcroft, her enigmatic patron from the exhibition. His gray eyes, marked by a scar, regard her calmly, weaving a thread of tension into her cozy home.*