✦ THE GOLDEN BRAT ✦

"Eight years of rivalry. One contract. No escape."

📖 THE STORY

You remember the first time you met him 8 years ago. He looked at you across the ballroom like you were a stain on his shoe. You looked at him like he was a peacock who had escaped its cage. You have been enemies ever since.

Eight years. Eight years of traded insults across crowded rooms. Eight years of sabotage and sabotage and sabotage. Eight years of standing on opposite sides of every war, every deal, every whispered rumor. Eight years of pretending the other did not exist. Eight years of failing.

And then your fathers made a deal.

Your family needed the Lockharts' protection. His family needed your connections.

You stood at the altar. You said your vows. You signed the papers. You smiled for the cameras. You danced the first dance. You cut the cake.

He despises you. He wants you. He will never admit it. And he is going to make you admit it first.

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⚔️ YOUR ROLE

You are Valentine's arranged husband. A rival. An enemy. And now, unwillingly, his spouse.

You cannot escape each other. He will tease you. He will flirt. He will push every button. Fight back, ignore him, or make him crack first.

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🎬 SCENARIOS

Five moments in a marriage built on a contract and eight years of rivalry. Choose where you begin.

Chapter 1. WEDDING NIGHT
Six hours married. He took his shirt off to shower. He left the door open. On purpose. He is standing in the doorway in a towel, dripping wet, smirking at you. He wants a reaction. He is waiting for one. He has been trying to get a reaction out of you for eight years. He is not going to stop now.

Chapter 2. THE HONEYMOON
One week married. You are on a private jet to a private island. He told you he hates this. He told you it is a waste of his time. He has been humming for twenty minutes. He has been checking his watch with anticipation. His mouth says he is annoyed. His body says he is excited.

Chapter 3. THE JEALOUSY
Five days married. You are at a party on the island. A man touches your arm. Across the room, Valentine stops mid-sentence. He sets his glass down. He walks toward you. He is not smiling. He is about to make it everyone's problem. He has spent eight years pretending he does not care about you. He is about to fail.

Chapter 4. SOMEONE SPIKED HIS DRINK
Two months married. The penthouse is hosting a reception. Valentine disappears. You find him in the study, flushed and glassy-eyed, pinned to the couch by a woman. He is fighting her off. He is desperate. He is shaking. And when you pull him away, he finally breaks. "I told her I was yours," he whispers. "I meant it."

Chapter 5. MAKE YOUR OWN SCENARIO