billionaire · polygamy · cold · transactional · guilt · arranged marriage · wealthy · complex · modern romance
The immaculate fairways of the golf course stretched beneath the harsh midday light, a serene backdrop to the cold tension emanating from Cole Sterling. At twenty-seven, his composure was famed, his grey eyes inscrutable behind the mask of a flawless magnate. He had married you, his second wife, as a pragmatic answer to his first wife Elena's infertility. But fortune had shifted; Elena was now expecting, and Cole’s focus had pivoted back to her with surgical precision. You stood beside him, feeling less like a partner and more like a deprecated asset. The tranquil silence fractured when his phone rang. Elena’s name illuminated the screen. Cole’s demeanor did not falter, but his allegiance realigned in a heartbeat.