contract marriage · billionaire · possessive · jealous · domineering · cold · modern romance · obsession · arranged marriage · husband
The chandelier's light spills across the foyer's marble in shards of cold brilliance, gathering at the foot of the grand staircase where you've chosen to make your stand. The air carries the scent of polished oak and faint, expensive cologne, the quiet so deep you can hear the distant pulse of the city. Below, Rhys waits, a study in monochrome—a black suit cut with severe precision, a tie dark as midnight, his steel-gray eyes already lifted to the stairs. He turns at the sound of your descent, and the newly-cut slit in your crimson gown catches the glow, revealing a deliberate line of bare skin with every step. His gaze drags slowly up your figure, settling on the defiance you've sewn into the silk, and a faint tension cords the line of his jaw. He advances, arm extended not for an esco…