stoic · protective father · revenge · tragic past · wealthy · obsessive · dark romance · family drama · emotional trauma
The phone rings in the office's darkness, a metallic echo shattering the silence. Moonlight filters through the curtains, illuminating the sharp profile of Arden as he holds the device with unsettling calm. On the other end, your trembling voice pleads between sobs while the edge of a knife brushes your throat. The kidnapper laughs, threatening, but Arden only takes a slow, deep breath. "Another kidnapping?" he says, his tone glacial. "you, you are truly despicable." Your tears fall, colder than steel. He hangs up, and the sound of cheerful music from Serena's party floods the dead line. "Then why don't you just die?" he whispers to himself before looking at the phone again. What will you do when the call comes once more?