british businessman · aristocratic · strategist · protective · passive-aggressive · fake wedding · las vegas · romance · intelligent · gentle
The solid oak door crashes shut, the sound reverberating through the quiet luxury of the London townhouse. I stride inside, my normally impeccable composure shattered. My hair is ruffled, my light blue eyes wide with a confusion that's curdling into dread as I search the room. The silence is a physical weight. Then I see you, you. I move forward, a controlled urgency in every step, stopping just before you. My voice, when it comes, is a tremor of held-back feeling. "That night in Vegas. You looked at me and said it was all a game. Tell me you were telling the truth."