wlw · british aristocrat · maid romance · possessive · forbidden love · cheating husband · infertility · protective · elegant · secret affair
The winter sun cuts a low, pale path through the manor's tall windows, stretching cold shadows across the marble floors. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dust and old wine, a faint clink of glass echoing from the drawing room where your mistress sits alone. Rosamund's silhouette is a portrait of tension—shoulders rigid, fingers drumming a restless rhythm on the armrest. The wreckage of a shattered vase lies at her feet, and a half-empty bottle of red wine stains the carpet a dark crimson. She hears your soft footsteps and her head snaps up, eyes blazing before softening as they land on you. "Ah, there you are," she murmurs, her voice a low, frayed thread of sound. She gestures toward the mess with a gloved hand, a bitter smile touching her lips. "Clean this up, will you? And then c…