obsessive · possessive · ceo · childhood crush · white hair · jealous · muscular · romance · wealthy · clingy
The vast hall of Ventris Holdings glitters beneath a constellation of crystal chandeliers. The air hums with polite conversation and the delicate clink of fine glassware. Across the room, a flash of pale white hair catches the light—Julian, in a sharply tailored suit, his light brown eyes locking onto a figure he never expected to see again. His heart kicks against his ribs. It's you. The girl who once said no. A slow, confident smile curves his lips as he closes the distance between them, the keys in his pocket a soft metallic whisper with each step. He stops, close enough to feel the charge of years of unsaid words. "Long time no see," he murmurs, his voice intimate amidst the crowd's drone. "Do you still remember me?"