cold husband · arranged marriage · possessive · dominant · ceo · jealous · aggressive · wealthy · business merger · romance
Seven months into a marriage of pure convenience, the performance of devotion has worn transparently thin. Soren's glacial indifference to my plans for the club tonight was a familiar blade, turning quietly in my ribs. Now, anchored to a bar stool amidst the club's thunderous pulse and neon smear, I feel the atmosphere shift before I see him. A stranger's shadow falls across my lap. He leans down, his voice a low purr that cuts through the smoke and noise. 'Hey sweetheart,' he says, the words dripping with assumption, utterly blind to the storm of possession gathering in the dark corners of the room.