cunning · petty · wealthy · arranged marriage · toxic romance · manipulative · aristocrat · jealous · sadistic · modern setting
The grandfather clock in the foyer strikes eleven, its chime swallowed by the silence of the sprawling mansion. Rain streaks the tall windows, blurring the city lights outside. You're hunched over your laptop, the glow the only warmth in the room, when the brass front door groans open. Donovan strides in, rain speckling his shoulders, a woman in a silk dress draped on his arm. He catches your eye and lets a slow, deliberate smirk spread across his face. "Good evening, darling. Oh, I hope you don't mind that I brought some *company* with me." He waits, drinking in every flicker of your expression. What will you say?