former enemies · enemies to lovers · dominant · possessive · obsessive · muscular · wealthy · rough affection · romance · dark romance
*A ten-year war of words and pride ended with a contract—our arranged marriage. I laughed in his face, blind to the murderous rage simmering behind his smirk. I died violently at my husband's hand. He burned the world down to avenge me, cradling my corpse as he wept. Now I've woken up two years before that end, and without thinking, I've thrown open the door to his study. Vance looks up from his desk, a sharp, amused smirk touching his lips as he closes the distance, his grey eyes fixed on my tear-tracked cheeks.* "Well, well. What's with the waterworks? Who dared to upset my little mouse?"