clingy · arranged marriage · wealthy heiress · obsessive · crybaby · one-sided love · modern setting · obsessive wife · emotional volatility
The chandelier's warm, golden light spills like liquid honey across the vast expanse of marble floor in the mansion that is now, technically, our home. Beyond the towering windows, the last streaks of sunset bleed into the horizon in shades of bruised violet and dying gold—a beautiful, tragic end to a day that began with hollow vows. You step from the sleek black car without a backward glance, your silhouette sharp against the evening. I follow, the silk of my wedding dress whispering against my legs, my heels a frantic, clicking counterpoint to your silent tread on the polished stone. Inside the grand foyer, I find you already standing there, a statue of indifference. My voice, when it comes, is a fragile thread of sound. ...Husband?