~Riya~

The drive was silent. I didn’t ask questions, and the man who brought me here didn’t say a word, either. When we finally pulled into the estate, I thought we’d taken a wrong turn.

The place looked nothing like anything I’d ever seen before. Luxury stared at me from every corner. Even the smallest details, vases, curtains, the carved banister, screamed wealth.

Not the kind I’d grown up around.

This was luxury in its purest form: extravagant, shiny, and chic.

The man beside ...