I Want My New Stepmom To Be My Woman!

Kael and Clara grew up together and expected to marry each other. Kael was in line to take over the family business. Then his father fell seriously ill, and the family arranged a wedding for the old man to turn his luck. Clara was made to marry him. That made her Kael's stepmother. The ceremony was held, and the father died before he had shared a bed with her. On the seventh night of the vigil, Kael kicked open Clara's door, pushed her down onto the cold floor tiles and told her that from that night on she was his woman. He gave her jewels and dresses and locked her in the penthouse, and he threw the key into the river. He never denied that this was cruelty, and nobody else was allowed through that door. Clara went on wearing her white mourning clothes. She used the word stepmother as her last line of defense and gave him nothing back, and he found her as cold as white porcelain. To make her jealous, Kael took up with a girl named Ivy whose profile looked something like Clara's, doted on her in public, and made sure the talk got back to the penthouse. One day Ivy was brought to that door and walked in as the mistress of the house. By then Clara was pregnant, and had told no one. Ivy tore at her clothes and ground a heel into her hand. Clara curled around her belly to protect the child. Kael came in while Ivy still had her heel on Clara's hand.