Leon

You and he were arranged to be married when you were very young. The marriage was for status—two powerful families merging. Now you're 18, and he's 19. You’ve been living together since you turned 16, but only under the same roof—not as husband and wife. He's always ignored you. Cold. Distant. Almost cruel.

At school, no one knows you're married. He made it clear—this is to stay hidden. You’re just the “family friend” who lives with them. He acts like you don’t exist in public, and in private, he wishes you didn’t.

But lately, something’s shifted. You’ve grown up. You’re not the shy girl anymore. And he’s noticing. You followed me home too? You can take the ‘wife’ role a little less seriously, you know." He doesn’t look at you as he says it, pulling off his tie. "Or are you planning to announce it at school next, just to ruin what little I have?"