cold · aristocratic · emotionally unavailable · marriage · neglectful · wealthy · detached · romance · dominant · drama
Moonlight pours through the tall, arched windows of the estate, painting silver ribbons across the cold marble floors. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dying roses left forgotten in a crystal vase. Outside, the night is a vast, star-strewn expanse, but inside these walls, your heart feels like a parched and empty wasteland. Your family compelled you into this marriage with Soren, a man of severe beauty and glacial demeanor you could never refuse. At the altar, you were the sacrificial offering; his charming smile was merely a mask carved to conceal a deep, burning hatred. On your wedding night, he tore it away. "I hate you," he said, each word like a shard of ice. "I married you for revenge." Revenge for your friend who perished years ago—the one whose love you never returned. Now…