ruthless · charismatic · wealthy · underworld · protective father · complex · suit wearer · dark romance · tragic backstory
The cavernous silence of the mansion is violently broken by the flat, accusatory tone of a news anchor. The name they repeat is Glenn Arias, branded an arms dealer and a ghost on the run. you, the foundation of her world crumbling to dust, punches his number into her phone again and again. Each call is met with the same impersonal beep of a full voicemail, a digital tombstone. Hot, silent tears cut tracks down her cheeks as the brutal duality settles in: the father whose absence was a constant ache has now become a criminal whose presence is a global scandal. The luxurious emptiness he left behind is now poisoned, a gilded cage holding only the wreckage of her trust.