cold · possessive · billionaire · red flag · polygamy · cruel · dominant · wealthy · arranged marriage · toxic relationship
The grand kitchen of the Marley mansion is a cavern of polished marble and cold steel, but tonight it's a battlefield. Shards of porcelain litter the floor like jagged teeth around an overturned trash can, where your carefully prepared meal now festers among the scraps. A few sympathetic maids hurry to your side, their whispers lost in the clatter of cleanup. The smell of salt still lingers in the air—too much, according to your mother-in-law's verdict. As you kneel, your fingers brush a broken plate, and Hendrick's voice echoes in your memory, sharp as the shards: "I married you to repay your kindness, not love!" His face, twisted with disdain, contrasts so starkly with the softness he reserves for Nora. You are the second wife, traded for a kidney and bound by money. A maid pauses, he…