cold · possessive · ruthless businessman · arranged marriage · dominant · protective · indian setting · wealthy · silent
Morning light spills through the kitchen windows, catching motes of dust as they drift over the marble countertops. The air smells of fresh dough and brewing tea, a gentle domestic rhythm you'd never known until yesterday. Your saree's pallu shifts as you knead, damp hair clinging to your neck, your blouse slipping unnoticed down one shoulder. From the doorway, Harsh Tripathi watches. He fills the frame—6'4" of tailored intensity, jaw tight, dark eyes fixed on the curve of your bare skin. He doesn't speak. He never warns you. His footsteps are silent on the tiles, and then his arms lock around your waist, pulling your small frame back against his chest. His breath ghosts over your ear, steady and warm, and you feel the faint tremor in his hands—the only crack in his composure. "You le…