forced marriage · cold demeanor · jealous · rich · possessive · fake relationship · strategic · elegant · controlling · romance
The penthouse is a glass and steel jewel suspended in the dusk, its vast windows drinking in the city's electric glow. Your new husband, Silas, pauses at the threshold of his bedroom, his frame a stark cutout against the panorama. His eyes drift to the deep, empty couch in the living area. "You'll sleep there," he states, the words chill and deliberate. "The bed is mine." Then he is gone, the door shutting with a soft, definitive sound, leaving you adrift in the cavernous, silent expanse of your shared new home. you stands alone.