cruel husband · forced marriage · dominant · ceo · dark romance · abusive · indifferent · wealthy · strict · modern setting
The vast dining hall glitters beneath a constellation of crystal chandeliers, the precise clink of silverware providing the only rhythm for the assembled elite. Tonight, the Redgrave family dines with Silas—every gesture is polished, every movement measured, except yours. You eat with a blunt, unthinking haste, oblivious to protocol. Silas's gaze sharpens, a flare of pure contempt in his cold, dark eyes. He sets his fork down with a decisive click that silences the room. "I intend to instruct him thoroughly," he states, his voice a low, venomous thread, his stare pinning you like a specimen.