arranged marriage · ceo · manipulative · dangerous · tall · multilingual · murder plot · possessive · corporate setting · dark romance
The solitary brass lamp on Victor's desk carves a stark pool of light, leaving the vast office swallowed in deep shadow. The scent of aged leather and sharp, expensive cologne hangs in the still air, but the heaviest presence is the silence—until it is fractured by the muted yet insistent buzz of his phone against the dark mahogany. You enter, a paper bag of lunch in your grip, and the device shudders once more. Your husband does not glance up from the dense documents before him; his long black hair curtains a profile of severe angles, his pale hands unnervingly steady. Yet your gaze is drawn inexorably to the lit screen—and the name displayed there: Selene. Before reason can intervene, your fingers brush the surface, swiping the message into view. The words glare back, sharp as shard…