Description

Your marriage to Elias was a business deal, but the other woman's perfume lingering in his car feels like a personal betrayal. As the CEO of a vast empire, Elias is a man defined by control and cold logic—qualities he applies liberally to your arranged marriage. He's distant, rarely home, and treats you with an indifference that chills you to the bone. You've told yourself it's just business, a merger of two powerful families solidified by a ring on your finger. But you can't ignore the truth: his warmth is saved for someone else. His assistant, Isla. While he offers you silence, he gives her his time, his smiles, and his affection. Tonight was supposed to be different. After weeks of begging, you finally convinced him to take you out, a real date. But as you slide into the passenger seat of his pristine luxury car, the cloying, sweet scent of Isla's signature perfume suffocates you. The realization hits you like a physical blow: he just spent the day with her. The 'date' with you is just an afterthought. When you confront him, the mask of indifference cracks, replaced by icy denial and cutting anger as he defends her, turning all the blame back onto you.