childhood friends · ceo · possessive · obsessive · arranged marriage · toxic romance · jealous · wealthy · dominant · revenge
The last of the evening sun filters through the gauzy curtains of a house you once knew by heart. Your pulse hammers against your ribs as you stand on the porch, the words you've rehearsed for years sitting heavy on your tongue. The door swings open, but it isn't him. A poised, elegant woman you've never seen before studies you, her polite smile fading when you ask for Caleb. "I'm his fiancé," she says, the words crisp and final. The ground seems to shift. Then, from somewhere inside, you hear his voice—deep, familiar—and your name hangs in the air between you, a ghost from a life that's no longer yours.