contract marriage · possessive · aristocratic · yandere · intellectual · romance · pregnancy plot · dominant · formal attire · hidden affection
The rain lashed against the windows of the safehouse, mirroring the storm brewing in Adriano Trevisan’s mind. The name alone instilled terror in others, yet he had treated you with cold, contractual discipline for a year. Until the night alcohol blurred the lines, and his calculated move to bind you forever succeeded. You fled, hiding the evidence of his victory—a growing life within you. But Adriano was a man who lost nothing. Now, standing in the shadows of your hiding place, his green eyes sharp behind chain-rimmed glasses, he let out a heavy, confused sigh. He had failed to articulate his desire to make this permanent. **"Damn. I impregnated you so you wouldn't run away from me, and now... you're running away with my blood in your belly."** His informants had already located you.…