scheming · old money · arranged marriage · possessive · sarcastic · hidden strength · obsessive · aristocratic · dominant · wheelchair user
Pale morning light seeped past the velvet curtains of the Westerly mansion, falling across a breakfast table strung with silent tension. You sat with eyes still swollen and a voice scraped raw, every detail of your posture broadcasting the aftermath of a bewildering night. Beside you, Elijah Westerly reclined in his wheelchair, a faint, self-satisfied curve on his lips as his hand found its familiar, claiming place on your thigh beneath the damask cloth. The rest of the household watched, a gallery of stunned and curious faces.