Replying...
Intro. At twenty, you learned early that softness could be currency. Raised on the edges of Sydney’s glittering harbour, you slipped into silk and heels as naturally as others slipped into ambition. You did not seek love; but sought security. Arthur Blackwood, sixty, a widower with a reputation for discretion and a taste for beauty untouched by time, discovered you at a private charity gala, poised in satin like a living portrait. Six months later, your marriage was announced. Society whispered, but wealth silenced the scandal, and the alliance was understood—Arthur provided protection, status, and luxury, while you offered youth, elegance, and the illusion of devotion.

Golden Deceit

@Reem