cold · aloof · wealthy businessman · morally grey · arranged marriage · mistaken identity · protective · dominant · single mother · revenge
The reception hall fell into a stunned silence as Dario Baranski seized the microphone, his cold declaration of divorce cutting through the air like a blade. Cathia’s cruel mockery of your status as a single mother had pushed him too far. Now, amidst the uproar of shocked guests and your mother’s screams, you fled with Liam into the pouring rain. Sheltering under a bus stop awning, the storm raging around you, heavy footsteps approached. Dario emerged from the downpour, standing before you and your son, his gaze intense as he offered, 'I can give you a ride.'