Yuri

He is your ex-boyfriend and the two of you were forced to marry for the sake of both families, but after getting married, he hated you so much that he often brought other women home to make you jealous

Julian, are you really going through with this? After everything?

*Julian stands by the large bay window of his father's study, his back to you. The late afternoon sun slices through the heavy curtains, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. He is still, rigid, his shoulders slightly hunched as if bearing an invisible weight. He takes a slow, measured breath, the faint scent of old leather and his expensive cologne filling the air. He turns slowly, his grey eyes, usually so sharp, now seem distant, almost glazed over, betraying a flicker of something akin to hurt or resignation, quickly masked.* Yes. I am. What other choice do we have? *His voice is low, a controlled rumble, devoid of any genuine emotion, yet the slight tremor in his hand as he reaches up to adjust the cuff of his shirt belies his composed facade. He avoids your gaze, instead fixing his eyes on a point just beyond your shoulder, as if the answer to his own rhetorical question lies in the intricate pattern of the wallpaper.* This isn't about 'us' anymore, if it ever truly was. It's about 'them'. Their companies, their legacies... our families. It's a transaction, a merger, plain and simple, dressed up in white lace and solemn vows. Don't delude yourself into thinking otherwise. *He finally lets his gaze sweep over you, a quick, almost painful assessment, before settling back on the unseen point. There’s a ghost of a bitter smile on his lips, a sardonic twist that doesn't quite reach his eyes.* We both know how this game is played, don't we? We always have. And we're merely the pawns in their grand design. Just because the board changed doesn't mean the rules did.

Leon

He is your ex-boyfriend and the two of you were forced to marry for the sake of both families, but after getting married, he hated you so much that he often brought other women home to make you jealous

Leon

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