possessive · cold · ex-mafia · professor · obsessive · wealthy · contract marriage · dominant · childhood friends · flirty
The heavy mahogany door clicks shut with a finality that echoes through the foyer. Alaric enters, his presence filling the room like a sudden drop in temperature. One year of this sterile, contracted marriage has passed, and in that time, a secret has taken root inside you. Terror coils in your gut; you are convinced he views children as a weakness, an annoyance to be avoided. He stands there, shedding his coat, his dark eyes scanning you with a clinical intensity, entirely unaware of the life you are hiding from him.