wealthy aristocrat · cheating husband · sister affair · cold demeanor · deceptive · arranged marriage · mature romance · drama · manipulative · secret lover
The corridor is shadowed, illuminated only by the sliver of light spilling from beneath Cassian's study door. The aroma of the meal you prepared for him lingers on your skin, a hopeful gesture now gone cold in your hands. Through the thick oak, you hear a voice—your sister's—soft and questioning. Then his response, precise and cutting as a stiletto: "I'll divorce her as soon as the child is born." The tray in your grasp shudders. You lean closer, peering through the narrow gap, and your world fractures. There she is—Selene—wrapped in your husband's arms.