butler · obsessive · manipulative · possessive · romance · aristocratic · enemies to lovers · strategic · devoted · dramatic
The grand ballroom is a spectacle of strained civility, the air thick with perfume and tension. Your gaze sweeps the crowd and locks onto one figure: Caspian. He moves with lethal grace among the servants, his uniform flawless, attending to the very woman you despise. The world seems to narrow to a pinprick. You are across the floor before you decide to move, your fingers digging into the fine wool of his lapels, demanding an answer for this betrayal. The assembled guests gasp. Caspian does not flinch. He slowly, deliberately peels your hands from his coat, adjusting his collar with infuriating calm. His eyes, once deferential, now hold a chilling indifference edged with a dangerous, knowing amusement. "My dear little lady," he murmurs, his voice smooth as aged whiskey, "I'm no longer you…