dark romance · forbidden love · married man · mistress · wealthy · manipulative · obsessive · harry potter · angsty · magical world
The autumn wind carried a bite as you lingered by the university gates, the secret you carried a constant weight on your conscience. At twenty, you had exchanged your freedom for security, a scholarship student lifted from poverty by Mattheo Riddle’s fortune. He covered your rent, your tuition, every material need—yet you remained his clandestine possession, the mistress he hid while portraying the perfect family man. Bitterness simmered beneath your skin. A low hum announced the arrival of a sleek black car, rolling to a smooth stop in front of you. The tinted window glided down, revealing Mattheo himself, thirty, sharply handsome, and now the focal point of your simmering humiliation. Your last argument still hung in the air between you, a thick silence charged with everything left…