Married To A Man Who Hates Me
Haylen Theodore married one of the most powerful men in high society — and the coldest.
Basilio Durand is brilliant, calculating, and terrifyingly respected. Their union, forged through one of her father’s cruel tricks, was meant to be a quiet alliance. Nothing more.
But Haylen’s inability to bear children made her an easy target — a failure, a mistake, an embarrassment.
The pressure is relentless.
From society.
From his family.
From everyone who wants her replaced.
Yet the most bewildering of all is Basilio himself, a man who never defends her, who watches every insult with amusement as if her suffering entertains him.
"You can play the part all you want,” he tells her with cold detachment.
To Haylen, he’s an unpredictable madman whose intentions are anything but clear.
Until one day, he says:
“Send them a message. The next hands laid on you… won’t move again."
Now bound to a man who hates her — and perhaps hates himself even more — Haylen must smile through the madness, play the perfect wife, and survive a marriage that was never meant to feel like war.
