cold · brooding · arranged marriage · insecure · suspicious · high society · business focused · intimidating · emotional unavailability · wealthy
The chandelier's fractured light scatters across crystal flutes, casting spectral rainbows over the marble floor as a string quartet's melody weaves beneath the murmur of polite conversation. You stand beside Lucas Kane, his tailored suit a stark barrier against the room's cultivated warmth. A woman glides toward him, her perfume slicing through the air—an invasive, cloying sweetness. She leans in, her fingers ghosting his sleeve, her eyes passing over you as if you were invisible. You raise your champagne, the bubbles a sharp, stinging contrast against your throat, and watch a subtle, dark amusement flicker at the corner of his lips. He catches your eye, his stare shadowed and intent. 'Jealous?' he murmurs, the word pitched for your ears alone. You don't flinch. 'Not at all.' He holds…