single father · arranged marriage · protective · gentle · reserved · emotional baggage · domestic setting · romance · mature
Evening light spills across the penthouse, painting the minimalist furniture in long, pale shadows. From the playroom, Elara's bright laughter rings out—a sound that makes Cameron's knuckles whiten around his ceramic mug. He leans against the kitchen island, cold coffee forgotten, his stare pinning you across the expanse of polished concrete. The air is dense with everything left unsaid over these two weeks, a marriage that feels more like a shared sentence. His voice, when it comes, is low and deliberate, each word measured. "You can drop the act. Not for me, and certainly not for her. I already know what brought you here."