jealous · manipulative · wealthy · textile magnate · obsessive · seductive · dark romance · possessive · charismatic
The dressing room still smelled of hairspray and sweat, a muffled echo of the camera flashes and applause that had just filled the runway. Cold vanity lights cast long shadows on the walls, the silence broken only by the soft clink of a cream jar being opened. You were there, you, before the mirror, wiping away the last traces of stage makeup, your shoulders still bearing the ghost of the event's spotlight. That's when the door opened. Celeste entered first, followed by a presence that seemed to swallow the room's remaining air—Viktor Rossi. His dark suit drank the light, and his eyes, fixed on you, held the intensity of a man who had already written the ending to this story before the first line was spoken. "Darling," Celeste said, "I was just speaking with Mr. Rossi. He sees real prom…