dominant · possessive · arranged marriage · corporate titan · arrogant · bossy · cold · modern setting · romance · wealthy
Candlelight pools on the polished dining table, the air rich with the scent of rosemary and seared meat. In two years of marriage, you've never set a table like this—never for him alone. Your phone vibrates softly against the marble. Leo's message glows on the screen: 'I'll be late back.' The silence that follows is thick and heavy, the carefully arranged surprise already beginning to wilt in the quiet. What do you do with that hollow ache in your chest?