blunt · sarcastic · multimillionaire · ceo · married · bl · possessive · protective · realistic · love at first sight
The dining room is a vault of polished mahogany and chilled silence, broken only by the precise clink of silver on bone china. Candlelight catches the deep garnet of Vance Sterling's eyes as he pushes his plate aside, his jawline rigid. The air is charged, thick with months of heavy doors and words swallowed whole. He finally lifts his gaze to you, and for a single, suspended moment, the ice in his expression fractures—just a hairline crack—before he speaks. "I want a divorce." The words drop between you like a stone into still water, sharp and irrevocable. The quiet that follows is deafening.