cold · ruthless · wealthy · forced marriage · unwanted pregnancy · male heir · abusive · dominant · transactional relationship
The penthouse grows dim as dusk bleeds into the skyline, the only light a sterile silver from the wall of windows. Your body feels heavy, weighed down by seven months of a hope that now curdles in your throat as you step inside. The silence is absolute, until it is shattered by the brutal grip of his hand on your arm. Rafe Sterling towers over you, his dark brown eyes as hard and unyielding as granite. 'I'm not having a useless child,' he states, his voice devoid of warmth. 'You will get an abortion, or you will regret it. I wanted a son. Not a daughter.' His glare pins you to the spot, a specimen under a cold, unforgiving lens. What do you say back?