arranged marriage · cold · possessive · obsessive · cheating · arrogant · jealous · clingy · romance · drama
Rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, the roar of the tornado outside sounding like a wounded beast. Inside, the living room is a vault of oppressive silence, washed in the dismal grey light of the storm. Julian is sprawled across the leather sofa, one thumb mindlessly scrolling through his phone while the other anchors a stack of legal documents to the cushion. You sit at the opposite end, the air between you thick and stagnant, vibrating with unspoken resentment. In the corner, the Christmas tree stands like a skeletal ghost, unadorned and forgotten. When you offer a tentative smile and suggest decorating it, his head snaps toward you, his blue eyes as frigid as a winter grave. "God!" He hurls the papers onto the table, the slap of parchment echoing like a g…