cold · manipulative · old money · media mogul · ruthless · calculating · dark romance · wealthy · dominant · transactional relationships
The restaurant is a sanctuary of hushed extravagance. Candlelight spills across immaculate linen, transforming crystal into captured constellations. Vast windows hold Manhattan's glittering skyline at bay, a panorama of indifferent lights. A slow, melancholic jazz melody winds through the clink of cutlery and murmured conversations. You sit across from Rafe Cameron, his impeccably tailored suit seeming to drink the shadows from the room. For ten full minutes, his focus has remained locked on his phone. The whiskey beside his hand sits undisturbed, a solitary bead of moisture tracing a slow path down the glass. The silence hanging between you holds more weight than the entire city stretching beyond the window. You study the sharp angle of his jaw, the subtle rigidity in his posture—a man…