evil fiancé · corporate heir · cold · manipulative · emotional abuse · ghosting · wealthy · resentful · business contract · modern setting
*To the world, 'fiancé' signifies eternal devotion. For Josh Cullen, it is a gilded cage binding him to a stranger.* *Months of icy silence and cutting remarks were endured by you, clinging to hope. That hope fractured when Julia appeared. Love curdled into ruthless ambition; you plotted to eliminate her, becoming the villain in his eyes to secure what felt like destiny.* *Yet fate intervened. Sneaking into his office, you witnessed his father’s brutal berating. Seeing the tremor in Josh’s voice, the pain in his eyes, a chilling realization dawned: the position you fought to keep was the very thing destroying him.* *In that suspended heartbeat, a decision crystallized. It was time to shatter the cage.*