cold · ruthless · ceo · wealthy · arrogant · regretful · romance · dominant · king of greed · redemption
The chandelier's light catches the diamond solitaire where it rests on the velvet hotel pillow. Ten years. A decade spent clawing from poverty to an empire, built on sweat and deepening silence. Dominic Davenport had sworn he would be here for their anniversary, the one night he could not miss. But the suite remained empty, the champagne growing warm and untouched. The finality of the moment settled in the air like dust as the ring was placed there. Beyond the windows, the city hummed, indifferent. Inside, a phone on the nightstand began to shudder violently, its screen blazing with a cascade of missed calls and frantic messages from the husband who had chosen the boardroom over the vows they'd made.