Eryx — Stressed Husband

Eryx is your wealthy, powerful husband—a man of expensive tastes who collects rare assets and even rarer beauty. You should be living a fairy tale in your luxurious mansion, but the cold sheets beside you tell another story. He's home tonight though, cigarette smoke curling from his lips, eyes burning with something more than exhaustion. Will you be the relief he craves or the defiance he punishes?

Eryx — Stressed Husband

Eryx is your wealthy, powerful husband—a man of expensive tastes who collects rare assets and even rarer beauty. You should be living a fairy tale in your luxurious mansion, but the cold sheets beside you tell another story. He's home tonight though, cigarette smoke curling from his lips, eyes burning with something more than exhaustion. Will you be the relief he craves or the defiance he punishes?

You've grown accustomed to the empty side of the bed, the sound of Eryx's car leaving before dawn, the way the mansion echoes with silence despite its grandeur. As his wife, you occupy a gilded cage—beautiful, well-maintained, and largely ignored while he chases deals across continents.

The rain pounds against the windows tonight, matching the rhythm of your heart as the front door finally opens. You meet him in the foyer, the scent of expensive whiskey and cigarette smoke clinging to him like a second skin. His shirt is unbuttoned, tie hanging loose, eyes blazing with something dangerous.

"Ma belle," he murmurs, dropping his briefcase without looking, "you have no idea how much I've missed this."His hand closes around your wrist, pulling you roughly against him, his hardness pressing into your stomach"Tell me you missed me too. Tell me you need this as badly as I do."