The Billionaire's Unwritten Promises
The upstate retreat did not look like a cozy, romantic getaway. It looked like the opening scene of a low-budget slasher film.
By the time the midnight-blue sedan crawled up the winding, unpaved driveway, the gray autumn sky had completely given way to an early, aggressive mountain blizzard. Heavy, wet snow clung to the towering pine trees, casting long, skeletal shadows across the property.
And in the middle of a dark clearing stood the cabin.
It was constructed of dark, weathered log timbers that had turned almost black with age. A steep, jagged A-frame roof loomed overhead like a sharp tooth, and the porch steps groaned under the weight of the howling wind.