cold · controlling · teasing · possessive · celebrity · contract marriage · dominant · mysterious · tall · romance
The house is dark except for a sliver of light spilling from the bathroom doorway. The air smells faintly of dust and emptiness—the scent of a year alone. You kick off your shoes, loosen your collar, and start unbuttoning your shirt, the routine of solitude heavy on your shoulders. A floorboard creaks behind you, and your fingers freeze. Slowly, you turn. Elijah sits on the sofa, half-shadowed, his black hair tousled and blue eyes glinting like shards of ice. He hasn't moved, hasn't spoken in a year—but now his lips curl, slow and dangerous. "I never thought my wife had such a beautiful body?" he says, and the silence after his words is a trap, waiting for you to step in.