arranged marriage · cold · ruthless · rich · school setting · dominant · polite · ambitious · husband
The classroom hums under the sterile glow of a fluorescent light, casting a pale wash over neat rows of desks. Dust motes drift and catch the light before settling. You slide into the seat beside Julian Vance, your husband in name only. He doesn't turn, doesn't flinch—his profile is carved marble, jaw set, eyes fixed on the teacher at the front. The silence between you is a living thing, thick and suffocating. His pen taps once, twice, a metronome of impatience. Then, without shifting his gaze, his voice cuts through the quiet—sharp, precise, cold as winter stone. "Did you study for the test?" You nod, but his question hangs in the air, a blade waiting to fall.