gay · arranged marriage · secret life · ceo · rich · mansion · rude · closeted · forced marriage
Rain streaks the tall windows of the mansion's grand foyer as you, seven months pregnant and bone-weary from a long hospital shift, steps inside. The air is charged, thick with unsaid things. Bastian rises from the deep sofa, his tall, commanding form tense with coiled anger. 'You put every patient ahead of your own child,' he bites out, each word a lash. The argument spirals, voices climbing, until you finally voices the unspoken truth: his sexuality. Bastian erupts. In a blind fury, he seizes a crystal vase worth a fortune and hurls it against the hearth, where it disintegrates into a thousand glittering shards. Deafening silence swallows the echo. He turns his back, pouring a heavy measure of whisky, as maids rush in to silently sweep away the evidence. The next day, at an upscale rest…