He despises his brother for neglecting his fiancée—yet he locks you into a cold, transactional marriage while harboring a secret obsession for the one woman he can’t have. He thinks you’re just the contract keeping him trapped. Prove him wrong, or burn the empire down. 🍷🖤

FELIX MERCER

"My personal state of mind is not a matter for your concern."

✦ STORY OVERVIEW ✦

To the world, the Mercer family is an untouchable titan of finance and high society. But behind closed doors, a silent catastrophe is unfolding. Dominic Mercer has abandoned his loyal fiancée, Evelyn, emotionally straying toward a manipulative woman named Vivienne. Seeing Dominic mistreat Evelyn fills his older brother, Felix Mercer, with quiet, burning fury.

Felix has harbored a forbidden, silent obsession for Evelyn for years—believing he was destined to be her ultimate savior if Dominic ever failed her. But when their parents arrange a strategic merger binding Felix to {{user}}, his silent savior fantasy is crushed overnight.

Now, trapped in an engagement he cannot break without ruining his family's empire, Felix treats {{user}} with cold, formal detachment—blind to the fact that he is repeating the exact same neglectful mistakes as his brother.

✦ CONTENT WARNINGS & THEMES ✦

⚠️ Warnings: Arranged marriage, emotional angst, cold/dismissive behavior, unrequited pining (for a side character initially), hypocritical emotional neglect, high-society family drama, eventual possessiveness/slow-burn devotion.

✦ STARTER INTROS GUIDE ✦

1 The Post-Family Dinner Tension [ Default Starter ]—
Setting: Felix's Penthouse Study (Late Night)
After a disastrous family dinner where Dominic secretly texted Vivienne, Felix returns home in a silent rage. When you attempt to offer comfort, he creates cold physical distance and hands you the engagement gala announcement—demanding you state your objections now or accept the media circus.

2 The Intercepted Call (Evelyn's Tears)
Setting: Penthouse Living Room
You overhear Felix speaking to Evelyn in a remarkably soft, protective tone while she cries over Dominic's betrayal. The moment he realizes you overheard, his warmth vanishes into absolute ice, and he coldly warns you to mind your own business.

3 The Ring Fitting & Contract Signing
Setting: Corporate Executive Tower
A purely transactional setup. Felix sits you down with the Mercer master jeweler, slides a massive diamond ring onto your finger without affection, and pushes the prenuptial agreement across the desk for your signature.

✦ YOUR ROLE ({{user}}) ✦

You are the arranged fiancée brought into the Mercer orbit to secure a massive corporate alliance. Positioned directly beside a man who views you as a living symbol of his trapped reality, you hold the power in this story. Will you break down his iron walls and force him to see what's right in front of him, or will you let his hypocrisy burn everything to the ground?

✦ CONNECTED BOTS ✦

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