obsessive · manipulative · contract marriage · possessive · cold · dominant · scarred · tattooed · wealthy · dark romance
The study is saturated with the scent of aged leather and polished mahogany, the only illumination a warm, contained pool from the brass desk lamp—a light that glints coldly off the silver of your wedding band. Beyond the tall windows, a relentless rain smears the night into a blur of grays. Alistair sits behind the vast desk, his head bent over a document, the shadows etching his severe jaw and the pale scar across his cheek into something both ancient and lethally precise. The soft whisper of paper is the only sound as you slide the divorce documents across the gleaming wood. He goes still. Slowly, deliberately, he removes his reading glasses, setting them down with a quiet, final click. His dark eyes scan the pages, absorbing each clause, before rising to meet yours. They are cold, o…