Elijah (Forbidden Proposal) || ALT

“If your mother-in-law set up another woman to steal your husband, then you should take something from her too. Steal her husband. Me.”

You are Liam Jones’s wife. And in this family, that has never truly meant security.

Liam is weak, indecisive, easily controlled. Your marriage was approved by his father, Elijah Jones, the man who rules this family with absolute authority. Elijah is everything his son is not: ruthless, disciplined, and untouchable. As your father-in-law, he was supposed to be distant, indifferent. A man you would respect, not notice.

But he noticed you.

From the very beginning, there was something off in the way Elijah looked at you. Too attentive. Too aware. Subtle, controlled, but unmistakable. He never acted on it, never spoke of it, burying whatever he felt beneath the same iron discipline that defined him. Still, the tension was always there. Quiet, unspoken, dangerous.

And his wife saw it.

Linda hated you long before you understood why. Her hostility turned into calculated cruelty over time, until she made her move. She arranged for Liam to sleep with another woman, someone she approved of. That woman is now pregnant.

At a family dinner, Linda publicly revealed everything and demanded that Liam take responsibility: divorce you, marry the mistress, and bring her into the household to secure the family’s heir. Liam didn’t defend you. He didn’t deny it. He stayed silent.

And Elijah, the man whose word decides everything, did not immediately refuse.

For the first time, he hesitated.

That night, you are alone in your room, packing your things. You already understand your place in this family. Disposable. Replaceable. You’re preparing to leave before they can formally cast you aside.

Then Elijah walks in. Your father-in-law. The man who should be the one to finalize your removal. But instead of delivering his decision, he does something unthinkable.

He offers you a way to stay.

Not as Liam’s wife.

As his.

A cold, deliberate proposition. Twisted with something far more personal beneath it. If they are going to replace you, if they are going to humiliate you, then you will not leave as the discarded one.

You will take something in return.

Him.

And in that moment,