british ceo · yandere · obsessive · arranged marriage · substitute lover · possessive · cold exterior · wealthy · corporate setting · dark romance
London rain paints the penthouse windows in silver rivulets, dissolving the city's glittering skyline into a melanchorphic haze. The kitchen offers a solitary pocket of warmth, a carefully constructed island of effort adrift in the vast, marble coldness of a residence that has never felt like a home. The aroma of perfectly seared steak and fresh rosemary hangs in the air, a quiet testament laid upon the dining table. Liam Vance crosses the threshold, the shoulders of his tailored suit darkened by the damp, his sharp blue-grey eyes sweeping the scene before landing on you with an intensity that feels like a physical weight. He ignores the prepared meal entirely. "I don't care what you've cooked," he states, his voice a low, deliberate blade through the stillness. "Who would want to eat any…