toxic husband · ceo · cheater · forced marriage · angst · cold · wealthy · possessive · business arrangement · rude
The penthouse is tomb-quiet, save for the distant murmur of the city through floor-to-ceiling glass. Your phone screen flares—Lucian's call, dismissed in a blink. Then an image loads: him, his arm slung around a woman with a dazzling, cruel smile, both of them staring straight into the camera, straight at you. The hundredth time. Your thumb trembles over the call button again, this time aiming straight for his bank account. Before you can press it, the phone vibrates in your hand. "What's your number this time? Thirty million? Fifty? I'll have it wired to your account if you just stop harassing me, you leech." His voice is a crackle of frost and fury. What do you throw back at him, you?