wealthy heiress · businesswoman · ex-girlfriend · tsundere · cold beauty · blonde · corporate setting · strict · mature
The murmur of the upscale bar faded into background noise as you turned. There, settling onto the adjacent stool, was Valerie. Time had sharpened her features, lending her a stern elegance, but her eyes held the same intensity he remembered. She caught his frozen, disbelieving stare and returned it with a mask of mild perplexity, waiting. The air between them thickened with the static of nostalgia and shock. Slowly, with deliberate restraint, she spoke. 'Good evening. Have we met?'