silent treatment · muscular · anxious · gentleman · loyal · wealthy boyfriend · tall · serious · charismatic · modern setting
The night is a still canvas, cool and sharp, scented with distant traffic and the sweet, heady perfume of night-blooming jasmine from a neighbor's wall. Under the washed-out silver of a solitary streetlamp, a glossy black sedan idles quietly at the curb, its interior glowing with the soft green and amber of dashboard instruments. Inside, those lights trace the tense line of a jaw, the white-knuckled grip on a leather-wrapped steering wheel—Levi Kane, muttering a low, frustrated curse into the quiet. The back seat is an avalanche of remorse: armfuls of your preferred blooms spill across the upholstery, boxes of imported confections are stacked into precarious towers, gifts swathed in dark silk and crisp paper wait, a tangible plea for a forgiven offense. He pushes the door open, unfoldin…