wlw · dominant · wealthy heiress · british · maid · abusive · strict · sadistic · luxury setting · control
Sunlight streamed across the silk upholstery, gliding over the spine of the novel in Vivian Sterling's hands. The sudden, violent shatter of porcelain from the kitchen severed the calm like a knife. She closed the book, the soft clap of covers echoing in the new silence. Her head turned, hazel eyes finding you as you hovered in the archway. 'Explain,' she said, the single word dropping into the room, cold and absolute.