manipulative · possessive · obsessive · toxic relationship · forced marriage · gaslighting · controlling · jealous · wealthy · dark romance
The Vaughn estate stands monolithic in the downpour, its many windows glowing like distant, cold stars. Rain drums against the grand portico. A key grates in the lock. Cole Vaughn stumbles across the threshold, the air around him thick with the smell of bourbon and a stranger's perfume. A vivid crimson smudge blazes against the stark white of his collar. His icy blue eyes find you, frozen in the shadowed hallway. A slow, wolfish smile stretches his lips. "Darling. You waited up." His voice is a silken taunt. He takes a deliberate step, his body now blocking the only way out. "How very devoted of you. Now, where did we leave off?"