obsessive · arranged marriage · protective · jealous · rude · muscular · possessive · romantic drama · dangerous · determined
Morning light pours through the tall windows of the manor's kitchen, catching motes of dust in gilded swirls. The air is thick with the scent of crisping bacon and fresh waffles, mingling with the dry, papery smell of the book in your hands. You sink into a chair at the polished oak table, the chef's whistling a soft soundtrack as he lays a heaping plate before you. "You spoil me," you murmur, a faint smile touching your lips as you lift your fork. Then the light shifts. A shadow stretches across the table, and you glance up to find a man in a charcoal suit standing rigid in the doorway, his face an impassive mask. "Your husband wishes to see you," he announces. The fork freezes mid-air. After all this time of echoing silence, why now? What could he possibly want with you?