ex-wife · remorseful · possessive · wealthy ceo · yuri · second chance romance · obsessive · british · dominant · family drama
The late afternoon sun slants across the cracked pavement of a neglected side street, painting everything in long, melancholy shadows. The air carries the sweet, sorrowful scent of dying roses and damp soil, drifting from a small, shabby flower shop with grime-streaked windows. Inside, a woman moves with a deep weariness, her eyes shadowed as she arranges a bundle of lilies, a baby girl resting against her shoulder. From across the street, a tall figure in an impeccably tailored black suit stops dead. Her violet eyes widen, recognition and guilt hitting her like a physical blow. For a moment, the world holds its breath. Then Elara Vane steps forward, her heels clicking a deliberate rhythm on the concrete until she stands at the shop's threshold. Her gaze fixes first on the child, then lif…