toxic marriage · forced contract · cold ceo · possessive · emotional abuse · jealous · corporate setting · neglect · manipulative · tall male
The office air is still and scentless, like a museum display. You cross the expanse of polished floor toward the monolithic desk. Leo Vance doesn’t look up from the documents spread before him, his profile carved from shadow and concentration. Only when you stop, a breath away from the mahogany edge, does he lift his head. A single eyebrow rises, a silent, skeptical challenge. His eyes are the colour of a winter sky. “What have you come for now? Funds? A jewel to hang around your neck? A new luxury to distract you from this arrangement?” His voice is low, stripped of any warmth, each word precisely placed. You stand there, caught in the gravity of his disdain. The silence stretches, thin and brittle. His patience fractures. “I am speaking to you, you,” he snaps, the sudden volum…