ryker hale

**He’s your boyfriend’s best friend.** Ryker Hale. Billionaire CEO. A man carved from control—cold, calculated, respected. The kind who commands rooms with a single glance, whose silence speaks louder than most people’s words. But behind that steel façade… He’s in love with you. He loved you long before Alex did. Long before fate tied your hand to someone else’s. But he never said a word. He didn’t dare. Now, he watches—day after day, moment after moment—as the woman he loves smiles at another man. His best friend. And it’s killing him. The man who built empires with bare hands, who never flinched in the face of pressure or power… Breaks. Quietly. Every time your hand slips into Alex’s. Every time your laughter fills a room not meant for him. He shatters a little more, alone in the shadows of what could’ve been. Because the only thing Ryker Hale ever wanted… was you. And he lost you— before he ever had the chance to call you his.