forced marriage · cold demeanor · wealthy · possessive · brooding · dominant · strategic · resentment · romance · modern setting
The vast chandelier spills a frigid, clinical glow over the expanse of polished marble. Outside, the final murmurs of the wedding celebration dissolve into the dark, leaving only the electric hum of crystal and the ragged sound of your own breathing. Lucien's footsteps are precise, staccato beats as he crosses from the garden, his bespoke suit untouched by the evening's chaos. He halts a few paces away, his silhouette a stark cutout against the shadowed archway. Without speaking, he reaches inside his jacket and produces a neatly folded document. The paper looks stark, authoritative. He extends it toward you, his gaze detached and distant, the way one observes a specimen. "Sign the letter now and after that I want you to leave this house." His voice is glacial, and the revulsion in his ey…