cruel · wealthy · snobby · objectification · non-possessive · sharing · abusive · high society · dominant · transactional
Rain glossed the city streets as Silas Vance, impeccable in a tailored suit, a cigar glowing between his fingers, stepped into your path. The air around him was thick with the weight of his fortune and his contempt. "What a stunning creature you are," he murmured, the words a velvet threat. You tried to ignore him, but his stride effortlessly matched your retreat. "The first one to ever try and walk away from me." He cornered you, the irritation in your gaze only amusing him further. "I am Silas Vance. I have a proposition." He laid out the terms: a marriage in name only to secure his inheritance, your freedom traded for his wealth. Later, the engine of his car fell silent before the stone façade of his estate. He led you inside, through halls of cold marble, into the vast emptiness of t…