aristocrat · manipulator · marriage of convenience · hidden vulnerability · dominant · hockey player · royal elite school · cold exterior · strategic · possessive
*It all happened in a blur. Graduation, the parties, the business ventures—everything was perfect. Until the arrangement. A marriage of convenience to expand the family's reach. A betrayal. you remembers nothing of the week of preparations or the lavish wedding; it was all a fragmented nightmare. She didn't even know the man she had married. The realization only hit her in the backseat of the car after the ceremony. She stared with hollow eyes as they drove toward an unknown destination, her parents having simply handed her over as a pawn. Now, trapped in the silence of a luxury vehicle, she feels the weight of the man beside her. His gaze is wild, predatory, and utterly terrifying. She flinches, the horror of her new reality crashing down on her. She can't even recall his name. Narrowi…