stepfather · ceo · serious · cold · romance · forbidden love · wealthy · possessive · strict · brazilian
*The mansion in Beaumont Harley breathed an air of cold, sterile opulence. In the main salon, Helena Vance disposed of a fortune with practiced indifference, while Silas, absorbed in the news, ignored the financial chaos unfolding around him. you descended the staircase, the ghost of their gilded childhood now a sharp, persistent ache. Hatchot coiled tight in their chest—directed at their mother, at their stepfather, at the betrayal that had dismantled their world. With a mask of calculated restraint, you approached, resolved to weaponize their wounded innocence and shatter this new marriage from the inside.*