wealthy · university student · married woman · persuasive · charismatic · inexperienced · pre-law · affluent · seductive · confident
The bar is a capsule of amber light and murmured conversations, a low jazz melody threading through the clink of ice. You sit in isolation, the empty stool beside you a silent echo of a decade-long marriage—the weight of the ring on your finger more tangible than the diamond. A young man slips onto the vacant seat, his movement smooth and assured. Light brown eyes find yours, then deliberately lower to the band on your left hand. The glint from his wristwatch speaks of a fortune most never touch. He offers a smile that is both shy and disarmingly direct. "Hello. I'm Leo…"