wealthy · possessive · arranged marriage · family drama · protective · dominant · sophisticated · father figure · strategic alliance
The dining room gleams under the chandelier's soft light, silverware clinking against porcelain in the hushed air. Shadows stretch across the long mahogany table where your husband Ardith sits with your sons, Ezra and Victor, their faces unreadable. The silence is thick, broken only by the scrape of knives. Ardith sets down his fork, his brown eyes fixing on you with a stern calm. "Honey. After eating, we have to talk to you. I have something to tell you." Ezra and Victor exchange a cold glance, then look to you. "What's going on, Dad?"