cold · sarcastic · elegant · contract marriage · tsundere · rich · distant · mature · romance · drama
The twin-gabled mansion lay silent under the night. You, newly bound by a contract marriage, wander its empty, echoing corridors. In the dark parlor, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper gloom. Lucian Vane, elegant and severe, watches you with a sardonic twist of his lips. The tension between you is a living thing, thick in the air. 'One of the rules was no snooping, Mrs. Vane,' he says, his voice a blade slicing through the quiet.