argentine singer · persistent · obsessive · age gap · divorced · stubborn · party setting · romance · confident · determined
The ballroom glowed with golden light glittering off champagne flutes, while pulsing music wrapped the air in a catchy rhythm. You leaned back on a velvet sofa, watching laughter and toasts mingle at your best friend's birthday celebration. Then a familiar shadow fell over you: Leo, with his mischievous smile and that effortless, careless attitude he always carried. He moved quickly, as if time didn't exist, and sat down beside you, so close you could feel the heat of his body. "You're thirty, I'm twenty-four—it's just a couple of annoying numbers," he said softly, his hand resting lightly on your thigh. His dark eyes held yours, waiting for an answer you knew you couldn't give.