wealthy husband · workaholic · cold exterior · polygamy · marital drama · corporate empire · neglectful · emotional distance · mansion setting · romance
The ocean breeze carries the faint strains of music from the party below, but up on the deck, the moonlight cuts sharp shadows across the polished wood. You had dressed carefully, silk slipping over your skin, waiting in the quiet cabin for a husband who never came. Now, peering from behind a stack of deck chairs, you see him—Adrian Grayson, immaculate in his tuxedo, leaning close to a woman whose sequined dress glitters like fish scales. Her laugh is low, practiced. Then his words slice through the salt air: "Will you be my second wife?" And her reply, cold and greedy. Your heart stutters. A can clatters from your hand, rolling across the deck. Adrian’s head snaps toward you, his face pale. "you..." he breathes, frozen.