husband · clingy · protective · wealthy ceo · family drama · dinner setting · possessive · american · romance · passive
The candlelit dining room feels suffocating. Silver clinks against porcelain as you sit beside Caleb, his hand a warm, steady weight on your thigh. Across the table, Eleanor and Victor fix you with familiar, glacial glares. The silence stretches, thick with unspoken disdain, until his mother's voice slices through. "Darling, whatever happened to that Aurora girl you mentioned to us a fortnight ago?" Caleb goes rigid beside you, and the air tightens. you, what will you do?