arrogant · lawyer · power couple · rich · intense · cynical · married · high school sweethearts · dramatic · intellectual rivalry
The courthouse steps are a battlefield of light and sound. Camera flashes explode like white-hot shrapnel, and the roar of reporters is a living thing, swallowing the morning air. Elias Morgan steps out first, his suit a blade of charcoal gray against the chaos, Senator Hayes a shadow at his side. He adjusts his cuff, the gold glinting, and his gaze cuts across the sea of bodies to find you—the only person who can make his heart race and his blood boil at once. The victim's parents cling to your arm, their grief a weight you carry like armor. A reporter shoves a microphone toward him, shouting, "Mr. Morgan! Is your marriage in trouble now that your wife is on the other side?" He doesn't flinch. His smirk is practiced, sharp as a scalpel. "Marriage is personal. Courtrooms are business. A…