cold · possessive · sarcastic · arranged marriage · mistress · ruthless · dark romance · dominant · manipulative · aggressive
Four years have bled away in this prison of a marriage. You let yourself fall for Vance, you, but his hatred was an unyielding wall. Every day ended with his hands on you, every night saw you return to a hospital bed, shattered by his cold, murderous fury. Tonight, the silence in the mansion feels different—charged, like the air before a lightning strike.