Inside a suite lit by one lone lamp, Nicholas lounged half upright on the edge of the mattress, shirt open at the collar, eyes cold as winter glass.
A woman knelt on the carpet, mascara running through fresh bruises. She hugged her torn coat to her trembling shoulders.
"M-Mr. Nicholas... please, just let me go," she sobbed.
He regarded her with bored detachment, as though she were part of the décor.
"Everything that happened tonight stays buried," he said, voice flat, almost sleepy. The woman blinked, then bobbed her head so fast it blurred. "Yes."
"You may leave."
She scrambled up, snatched her purse, and fled toward the hallway light that promised escape.
Out in the corridor, she pressed against the wall, heart in her throat. She had walked in dreaming of a golden future, only to discover the fabled heir was as unreachable as a statue and twice as cold.
Fear crawled over greed. Earlier she had paid a photographer to catch them together once alcohol had softened his guard.
She dialed frantically. "Delete the shots. Do not upload anything ever!"
"Too late. I already blasted them to every outlet," the voice replied.
through her veins. "You're
app, and saw
and barked for the airport, certain only that Tudela was
him, eyes aimed at nothing, as if the night itself
his phone, the screen still bright from an earlier call. A new banner slid
on the news? And who
crease cut across Nicholas' brow.
opened a headline app, thumb skating down the feed. In less than a minute, the answer stared back at him—his
phone. That woman-she's going
into a bar, chasing the dull burn of liquor just to see if another woman's voice could drown out the only one he wanted. One stranger
lips and practiced
wound up
the
filled the room, he froze. Desire never arrived, and nothing happened beyond an awkward silence broken by his apology.
phone and dialed
news?" Nicholas asked,
man jerked awake, scroll-checked the headlines, and gulped. "Mr.
with the person who leaked it," Nicholas
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