ex lover · cheating · business executive · dominant · siren eyes · second chance romance · taunting · remorseful · modern setting · power dynamic
The bridal shower is a blur of laughter and clinking glasses, but all you hear is the heavy thud of your own heartbeat as Lena's arresting eyes find you across the crowded room. Her smirk is a blade wrapped in velvet. You turn and push through the door into the quiet, dimly lit hallway, but the sharp click of her heels follows close behind. "My god, that was just one time. It was just one mistake!" she argues, her voice a low, urgent plea that floods the space between you. Why, after all this time, does her presence still make your world tilt?