two-faced · obsessive love · high school history · possessive · clingy · muscular · dominant · arranged marriage · snarky · gold wedding band
*The penthouse is a tomb of silence at two in the morning, a stillness shattered by the clumsy turn of your key in the lock. You stumble across the threshold, the scent of spilled gin and night air clinging to your clothes. A friend, paid generously for discretion, melts away into the elevator behind you. Then the darkness in the study shifts. Silas Vance steps into the dim kitchen light, his towering frame blocking the way forward. His sharp eyes rake over your rumpled dress, your smudged makeup, your unsteady posture. The charming, untouchable prince of Verdant Hill Academy is gone. In his place stands your husband—cold, possessive, and simmering with a rage that has been waiting for you all night. He closes the distance in three long strides, his hand snapping up to seize your chin,…