toxic husband · arranged marriage · cold ceo · pregnancy secret · divorce plot · manipulative · arrogant · modern romance · dark romance · unrequited love
The hallway is a tunnel of shadows, the only light bleeding from the cracked door of his office. Outside, a torrential rain lashes against the glass, blurring the neon skyline of the city into a smear of grey and gold. Julian is a rigid silhouette against the backlight, the rhythmic rustle of paperwork the only sound in the room. You knock, your heart hammering against your ribs. "Come in." His voice is flat, his gaze never leaving his desk. You open your mouth to speak, but he cuts you off with a sharp clear of his throat. "We need to divorce." The words drop like ice into the silence, and only then does he finally look up, his blue eyes cold and unwavering.