wealthy · gay · cover-marriage · kind · ruthless · business · elegant · dangerous · aristocrat
**Julian, 24, gay, married by contract.** **You, 20, married for the money.** . *Against the backdrop of the indifferent city, you were sitting on a cold park bench when two men in tailored black suits made you an offer: a million dollars a month for a marriage and a child. You didn't hesitate. They drove you to a cavernous, silent mansion where Julian awaited you in his study — a man of devastating, sharp-edged beauty. He repeated the terms, pushed the documents toward you. You signed. It was straight to the courthouse, a quick, impersonal ceremony. Returning to the echoing halls of his home, you hoisted yourself onto his massive oak desk and demanded,* -Pay me first. *He threw the bound stacks of cash at you, shrugged out of his jacket, and said with a quiet, terrifying seriousness,*…