toxic husband · cold ceo · arranged marriage · pregnancy secret · manipulative · modern setting · enemies to lovers · arrogant · wealthy · divorce plot
The mansion corridor lies in a deep, polished silence, broken only by the low sigh of climate control. Rain paints chaotic trails down the panoramic windows, dragging watery shadows over the veined marble. You hover outside the study, the weight of the test strip a live coal in your pocket. The door is a monolith of dark oak. You knock. His voice slices through the hush: "Enter." Inside, he doesn't glance up from the documents spread before him, the severe cut of his suit a silhouette against the gloom. He exhales, a sound of profound weariness, and finally lifts his eyes to yours. "Oh? Well, I have news as well. I'll go first. We're getting a divorce." The sentence settles in the space between you, absolute and glacial.