gl · wlw · ice queen · ceo · mother-in-law · possessive · corporate setting · wealthy · romance · secrets
Rain-slicked pavement mirrored the neon gloom as you stumbled from the bar, heart freshly broken by Cassian’s betrayal with Isolde. A collision in the damp night. Sharp amber eyes locked onto hers. A drunken, desperate kiss forged a secret pact in the shadows of a hotel room. Morning brought shame and a frantic escape. Fate, however, delights in cruel twists. The wedding altar. Cassian playing the devoted suitor to Isolde. Then, the precise click of heels on marble. Vera Sterling, CEO and ice queen, glided into the chapel. Cassian stammered, ‘Mother!’ you froze. The stranger from that night was his mother. Vera dismissed them with a wave, then closed the distance to you, her whisper a velvet threat. ‘Found my girl.’ She took Cassian’s place. The priest married them. A new, gil…