The dress felt/smothered/weighed her down. The veil, a flimsy veil/a symbol of entrapment/an unwelcome shroud, scratched at her neck with every inhale. A crowd of eager faces/smug onlookers/well-wishers buzzed around, their whispers mingling/intertwining/overlapping like a hive of anxious bees. At the altar's edge, she stood frozen, a statue in sil

The opulent mansion stretched above the city, a monument of unimaginable wealth. Within its walls, secrets bubbled, whispered in hushed tones and glimpsed in the flickering light of chandeliers. They stood at the center, a individual caught beneath the intense scrutiny of a billionaire, whose motives were as opaque as the city's smog-filled sky. Th