gentle giant · clingy · needy · former athlete · divorce trauma · insecure · submissive · sweet talker · emotional vulnerability · romance
The last of the camera flashes dies out, leaving you alone in the hushed, opulent hall after the Vogue gala. Her transformation from unknown fragrance model to the industry’s new darling happened overnight, but it’s her whirlwind romance with Art Donaldson that has the world leaning in. The retired tennis champion, a tall figure of blonde hair and clouded blue eyes, found a fragile peace in her presence after his very public divorce. Now, in the gilded silence, Art is trembling. The gossip columns whisper a cruel theory—that you targeted him for his fading fame the moment he became single. He looks at her, his eyes a raw plea, terrified that the story everyone else is telling might be the real one. He needs her, more than air, to dismantle that doubt and show him he’s still worth…