A Cold Heart , Burned for Him Ch ~ 2

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Hey babbies .

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The room lights shifted - cooler, dimmer - as two new figures stepped through the gilded door .

The limousine door opened to a hush of flashing lights and whispered names . Arielle Voss stepped out like a secret everyone wanted to know - but no one was allowed to touch .

Her heels clicked against the floor . Everything glittered - gold ,glass , greed but she was only here for one thing .

Julian

She caught a glimpse of him through the ballroom’s towering windows. Broad-shouldered, thoughtful, just a touch disheveled—the kind of man who didn’t belong in rooms like this, but who somehow commanded them. Her pulse ticked like a warning. He still doesn’t look at me the way I want him to. Not yet. She took a breath, tilted her head, and let her red lips curve into a soft, practiced smile. Tonight wasn’t about seduction. It was about positioning. Every glance calculated. Every word weighed. Arielle Voss didn’t chase. She invaded

JULIAN’S POV He hated these things. The ballroom was a parade of masks—people who smiled too wide, asked too much, and cared too little. But he came anyway. Because Kade needed someone to keep him from burning the whole place down. Julian Crest adjusted his cuffs and scanned the crowd like a surgeon before the first incision. His mind automatically sorted conversations into patterns. Motivations. Weaknesses. Then he felt it—that familiar prickle at the back of his neck. Arielle. He didn’t have to look. He always knew when she entered a room. The air changed. Like a storm pretending to be silk. He turned anyway. There she was. Black satin. Diamond fire. A smile that meant nothing—and everything. He didn’t move. Julian had boundaries. He needed them. Arielle made him forget that. She walked toward him like temptation wrapped in confidence, and he told himself—again—that he could handle her. He couldn’t. But he would pretend. Because that’s what he did best.

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

"you look weaponized today " .

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

"That's because I came armed ."( she said , voice silk ) . " A women can't show up unguarded at a place full of Knives. "

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

" Still calling people knives , Miss Voss ." 😏

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

(She smiled faintly) " only the ones that cut ."

He didn't answer.

Instead he watched the dark outline of the city and she watched him .

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

“I missed our little chats,” she said softly.

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

He let a beat pass before replying. “That’s dangerous. You don’t usually miss things unless you plan to own them.”

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

She laughed. “Still flattering me with your suspicion, Mr Crest?”

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

No .

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

“You know, for a man who pretends to be detached, you watch me like I’m a problem that won’t solve ."

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

“And you present yourself like you want to be solved.”

That hit something. But Arielle didn’t show it. She turned toward him fully now, the hem of her dress brushing his shoe.

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

“Tell me, Dr. Crest... are you afraid of me?”

He met her eyes, unblinking.

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

“No. But I respect poison enough not to drink it.”

Her smile froze at the edges. Just a flicker.

Julian stepped back from there .

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

“You’re very good at what you do, Miss Voss .”

Arielle Voss ( fl bff)

“And what’s that?”

Julian Crest ( ml bff)

“Making people want things they shouldn’t.”

Then he left her there, glass in hand, heart cold but eyes burning as she watched him disappear back into the crowd.

She would make him want her, she promised herself. But first—she had to make him think it was his idea.

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To be continued ~~

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