Synopsis

The arrangement felt brittle, a fragile edifice built on necessity. He watched them, a quiet observer in the periphery of their carefully constructed world, and a cold certainty settled within him. This union, born not of love but of visa applications and desperate measures, reeked of something fundamentally wrong. He would not stand by and allow it. Whatever the cost, whatever the risk, he would ensure this union did not proceed. The stakes were too high to simply watch a friend sacrifice hi