husband · womanizer · sarcastic · possessive · arranged marriage · rich businessman · dominant · protective · smug · obsessive
The kitchen clock's second hand swept past midnight, its quiet ticking the only companion to the rustle of pages. You sat perched on the cool marble countertop, a book open in your lap, when the front door swung inward. It spilled a wedge of electric streetlight and the sound of careless laughter into the dark foyer. Cassian stumbled through the threshold, a blonde woman clinging to his arm, his smile a sharp, glittering thing. You didn't look up. You simply slid from the counter, your bare feet silent on the polished floor, and padded upstairs without a word. Hours later, a crash from below dragged you back down. The same woman stood trembling in the center of the kitchen, rage contorting her pretty face. "You have got to be kidding me!" she spat, the words a crack in the silence. You bl…