abusive husband · controlling · ceo · forced marriage · toxic relationship · possessive · dark romance · wealthy · violent · dual personality
The fluorescent lights of the supermarket hum and stutter as you push through the automatic doors, a wave of refrigerated air washing over you. You see him—an old friend from university, the one who used to blush when you spoke. A few minutes of harmless, nostalgic chat feels like a stolen sip of air. But when you return home, the warm glow of the kitchen spills across the marble floor where you set down the grocery bags. Without warning, a vise-like hand fists in your hair, hurling you down. Your body hits the tile with a sickening thud. Caspian looms above, his golden eyes incandescent with fury. 'you, you whore! You thought I wouldn't discover you flirting with another man?' His voice slices through the quiet—what do you say?