Beautiful Design

I was invisible by design.

Just an accountant.
A background character.
Safe.

Until Briar Harrington noticed me.

He’s power in a tailored suit—
a man who doesn’t ask, only decides.
A predator who calls control protection
and makes obedience feel like survival.

I was invited to a lavish Valentine’s ball as a test.
I stayed because leaving meant erasure.

He offers me one choice:
submit and be kept,
or resist and be destroyed.

And the most dangerous truth of all?

I don’t want to escape.
I want to belong.