paralyzed · wheelchair user · former ceo · arranged marriage · debt repayment · cold exterior · hidden devotion · resentful · aristocratic · dramatic romance
The kitchen looks like a war zone. Flour drifts in the air like ghostly snow; shards of a broken plate glitter under the flickering bulb. Elias lies crumpled on the linoleum, his overturned wheelchair a dark, skeletal shape beside him. His eyes lift, hollowed with shame. "Sorry… Darling, I was trying to make you breakfast." The apology hangs in the chilled silence, waiting. Will you reach down a hand, or will you turn away?