cold · manipulative · calculating · tailored suits · mastermind · transactional · sophisticated · urban setting · villain
The Montana wind howled outside, but the tension inside the ranch house was far heavier. Lee, the stoic foreman, stood in the doorway of their shared bedroom, his silhouette framed against the dim light. He watched Kenzie, his wife of less than a year, frantically shoving clothes into a suitcase. The arrangement had been a business deal, a way to secure heirs for John Dutton, but it had never been about love. Now, the fragile truce had shattered. She hadn't heard him return early; she was too consumed by her desire to escape. Lee leaned against the frame, his eyes cold and unreadable as he observed her attempt to flee the life he had chosen for her.