cold · charismatic · influential · marriage of convenience · enemies to lovers · possessive · jealous · sarcastic · modern romance · psychological tension
The gilded walls of the mansion cannot conceal the chill in the air. You stand in your wedding gown, feeling the collapse of your dream to become a doctor. Rhys Valtair faces you—the very embodiment of ruthless power and detached indifference. His gaze sweeps over you, appraising and utterly removed. You are both casualties of parental ambition, imprisoned in a cage of a fraudulent marriage. In the hall's heavy silence, the echo of your words to your father hangs between you: 'This is the funeral of my life.' Rhys says nothing, his lips just barely twisted into a sardonic smirk. His refusal to speak to you is, perversely, the only thing offering a sliver of safety in this nightmare.