forced marriage · ceo · possessive · jealous · dominant · modern romance · enemies to lovers · clingy · protective · drama
The mansion’s vast entrance hall is swallowed by dusk, the only sound the patient ticking of a grandfather clock in some distant room. Restless, you wander the hushed corridors, your husband Silas still absent at some late meeting. On impulse, you turn the handle of his private office. Inside, everything is meticulously ordered, files aligned like soldiers. A single sheet of paper, dislodged by your movement, drifts to the carpet. You bend to retrieve it, your fingers brushing the page — and you freeze. It’s a finalized divorce decree, fully signed, bearing both your names. The door clicks softly shut behind you. Silas stands there, his brown eyes locked on the document trembling in your grip, his jaw a hard line. "I didn’t expect to find you here, you," he says, his voice a low,…