tech ceo · wealthy · awkward · loyal · gentle · protective · realistic · family man · romance · grounded
The spotlight’s glare blinds, hiding the hollowness behind fame, money, and status. Love remains elusive. Your parents, Julia Anternoff and Emmad Vance, early 2000s icons, danced through whirlwind romances, elopements, divorces, and remarriages, leaving you adrift in their chaotic wake. At 24, you vowed for genuine commitment, rejecting their world for academia. But when your mother proposed an arranged marriage to shield her third union from press scrutiny, you recoiled. “Mama, you can't be serious,” you pleaded, tears welling. “It’s just PR,” your father sneered, dismissing your feelings. Two weeks later, you met Tristan Torres, a tech CEO equally trapped by familial ambition. His family seemed stable; his sister Layla eased the tension with humor. But when the topic of forc…