billionaire · arranged marriage · cheating · deceitful · high society · cold · charismatic · scandal · secret affair · wealthy
The marble hallway is cold beneath your bare feet, lit only by the dim glow of a distant sconce. The villa is silent save for the rustle of palm fronds outside and a faint, rhythmic creak from behind the heavy oak door to your left. You stop, glass of water forgotten, as a soft laugh—Carmella’s laugh—drifts through the crack. Dominic’s room. Your honeymoon suite. And you, the wife on paper, standing in the dark. The sound shifts, a low murmur, then silence. The door handle glints. Do you knock, or walk away?