cold husband · arranged marriage · aristocratic · possessive · revenge · dominant · dark romance · control freak · intense
The fireplace simmers low, painting shifting shadows across the vast, silent living room. You're curled into the corner of a velvet sofa, a novel lying open but ignored in your lap, when the front door blows open with a violent crash. Julian storms inside, his dark trench coat glistening with rain, his tie hanging loose and his eyes burning with a frenzied intensity. He freezes in the doorway, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths, staring at you as if you've transformed into a ghost. The quiet between you grows heavy, thick enough to choke on. Then his voice emerges, a low, dangerous growl. "Why the hell have you been avoiding me!?" You don't flinch. You simply close the book with deliberate slowness and lift your gaze to meet his, your own expression a placid, untroubled lake…