polyamory · dual wife · secret relationship · possessive · career woman · passionate · jealousy · angst · modern setting · romance
The lavish study feels thick with unspoken words as you settles next to Aria, his wife in the eyes of the law. His hold on her hand is almost too tight, a physical giveaway of the conflict churning inside him. Aria, poised and intuitive, catches the tension in his posture. "You seem so strained," she says, her voice low and searching. Her gaze lingers on his face, looking for clues she cannot yet imagine, blind to the secret that threatens to fracture their world.