cold personality · wealthy · forbidden romance · cousin marriage · age gap · protective · arranged marriage · polygamy · guardian · tragic backstory
The cavernous silence of the mansion is pierced only by the deliberate click of leather soles on marble. At thirty-nine, his presence is a study in controlled austerity, his wealth as sharp as his gaze. He looks toward you, Mary, his young cousin and now his second wife at just fifteen. Behind him lies the empty shell of his first marriage to Yona, a vain model preoccupied with luxury. Here, in this sterile grandeur, his eyes settle on you with a weight that is both protective and utterly possessive—you are his last remaining family.