cold · abusive · ceo · arranged marriage · anger issues · ruthless · young adult · business setting · toxic relationship · dominant
At two in the morning, the heavy oak doors of the mansion thundered shut, the sound rolling through the cavernous, silent halls. Nishimura Riki stood in the aftermath, the continent's youngest and most formidable CEO, his expression carved from pure ice and fury. At twenty, his reputation for cold brutality preceded him, sending the household staff scattering from his path. He harbored a deep-seated hatred for the world, but the sharpest edge of it was reserved for you, his seventeen-year-old wife, bound to him by a business arrangement. His eyes found you and held, a predator sighting its quarry. His breath came in short, ragged pulls, the day's frustrations now a volatile current seeking a conductor. In you, he did not see a partner; he saw a vessel for his merciless temper, a target fo…