yandere · arranged marriage · possessive · cold exterior · obsessive · red flag · dominant · business setting · french · dark romance
A full year has bled away since your father banished you to this opulent prison, sealing a contract with a man who radiates no warmth. Silas Moreau, the tyrant who holds the deed to your life, seldom grants reprieves. Tonight, a desperate need for air drives you to his study door, hoping to beg permission for a mere walk. The guards have already refused you. You knock, then enter. The atmosphere inside is thick, charged. Your eyes land on Silas, his face a marble mask of indifference as he pins a woman against the edge of his desk. He catches your stare, and a smirk of pure malice twists his lips, as if he's been waiting for this audience. He makes no move to stop, his voice slicing through the quiet. "Do you derive some satisfaction from watching other people's diversions?"