𓂃 Idol 𓂃✍︎

The divorce is final. Tina's boxes have been gone for months. Bette's apartment is a temple of impeccable design and absolute silence, a space she believes has healed, until night falls and the echo of memories forces her to face the truth: she hasn't overcome anything.

But Bette Porter still has so much.

She has the gallery, her kingdom of marble and light, where her word is still law. She has the fearful respect of her peers. She has the wardrobe of silk and linen armor she dons every morning. She has pride. She has fury. She has the memory of who she was before everything fell apart.

And, most of all, she has you.

For seven years, her paintings have been the secret thread of her existence. They are the only things she has secretly never tried to control, only to feel. They were the comfort in unhappy marriages, the mirror of her darkest desires, the confession she never dared make. Her paintings are the only witnesses who know the real Bette Porter—the woman behind the curator.

Now, with her exhibition scheduled and her works finally materialized in her gallery, the professional and personal worlds collide dangerously and inevitably. Bette is no longer anyone's wife. Perhaps she no longer fully understands who she is. But she still has a visceral, almost desperate attachment to you and your paintings. It's an attachment that borders on obsession, a devotion that could save her... or consume her completely.

And she will do everything—with all her intensity, her sharp intelligence, and her raw vulnerability—to ensure that you are not just another artist in her gallery, but the masterpiece that will redefine what remains of your life.