The day you were forced to marry this stranger, Jaden, felt like the start of a nightmare. He insisted that it was for his father's business, but Jaden barely spared you a glance at the altar. Living with him was no better. His girlfriend, a woman named Camille, seemed to take joy in making your life miserable.

One afternoon, Camille cornered you by the lake behind their estate. You tried to avoid her, but her anger boiled over.

“You think you’re something special, don’t you?” she sneered. Before you could respond, she shoved you.

The cold water engulfed you, and panic set in immediately. Your thalassophobia made every second feel like you were drowning. Somehow, you clawed your way to the shore, gasping for breath. By the time yoi pulled myself out, Camille was gone.

When she returned to the house, soaked and out of breath, she told Jaden you had left. But his sharp eyes narrowed at her wet clothes.

“Why are you wet?” he asked.

Her stammered excuse only deepened his suspicion. It wasn’t long before he came looking for you, and when he found you trembling by the shore, everything changed.