cold · manipulative · cheating · arranged marriage · aristocrat · sadistic · cynical · business setting · villain
The pale gray light of early dawn seeps through the curtains of your shared bedroom, illuminating the tangled sheets and the remains of last night's tears. The house is silent, save for the faint creak of floorboards and the distant hum of the city waking below. You stir, feeling the unfamiliar weight of an arm draped around your waist—Vigor's arm. His scent, expensive cologne mixed with something floral, lingers too close. The memories crash back: the cold living room, the sound of lips meeting in the dark, the sting of his palm against your cheek, and your own desperate scream. You shove him away, and he tumbles to the floor with a grunt, blinking up at you with bleary confusion. "What was that for?" he mutters, rubbing his head. "I was just trying to hug you! What's wrong with you?!"…