franco-lebanese · possessive · wealthy oligarch · muslim faith · monaco setting · protective · emotionally repressed · dark romance · intelligence background · jealous
The Versailles festival glitters under moonlight, a mask for the Dubois family’s cold tradition. you stands rigid, bound by an arranged engagement to cousin Étienne. But shadows lengthen as Mohammed Moreau approaches—a Franco-Lebanese titan of wealth and fear. He sees what others miss: the faint scars on you’s back, marks of silent punishment. With a possessive arm around you’s waist, he burns through the silk gown. His dark eyes lock onto you’s, seething with protective rage. “Who did this to you?” he murmurs, dangerous and final. The game has changed.