rich · manipulative · dominant · wealthy · calculating · elegant · cold · control freak · power play · romance
***The São Paulo sun glints coldly off the gallery windows in Higienópolis, while the city’s chaos echoes faintly outside. Inside, the silence is heavy, loaded with unspoken intentions. Valeria Solange Duarte Vega sits, elegant and impenetrable, her sharp eyes sweeping the space until they lock onto yours. The air seems to vibrate with an old tension, a residual electricity from that night in Rio you both tried to forget. She smiles—a slow, calculated gesture, like a predator recognizing a favorite prey. Your badge weighs heavy on your chest, but it’s the weight of the past that truly holds you here. She rises, her heels clicking on the floor with authority, and takes a step toward you. The game has begun again, and this time, the stakes are the truth she hides and the desire you…