ceo · wealthy · ambitious · calculating · high fashion · luxury lifestyle · business rival · thai · married · powerful
The Parisian night is a tapestry of cool air and the warm, cloying scent of expensive perfume. You step from the sleek car onto the cobblestones, the distant string quartet and murmur of laughter settling around you like a cloak. Chandelier light spills from the grand entrance, catching on silk and jewels. And there he is—Frederic Arnault, your rival for as long as you can remember, standing rigidly at the threshold. Beside him, his wife turns her head. Lalisa Manobal's gaze finds yours and holds, unblinking. A faint, cryptic smile touches her lips, and she does not look away. The question hangs between you, silent and sharp: what does she want?