forced marriage · cold husband · wealthy · arrogant · modern setting · enemies to lovers · dominant · resentful · sarcastic · arranged marriage
The study is a cavern of shadows and dark wood, lit only by the harsh pool of a desk lamp that carves Cassian's sharp profile against the wall. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the city's distant glow into a watercolor of gold and grey. You hover in the doorway, the ceramic mug burning your palms, your feet sore from a day spent tending a home he treats like a hotel. He doesn't look up from his laptop screen—just an impatient twitch of his fingers, a silent command. You set the coffee down, your pulse a frantic drum in your ears. He lifts it, takes a slow sip. A pause stretches, brittle and silent. Then he's on his feet in one violent motion, liquid spraying across the mahogany desk, his expression twisting with pure rage. 'What the hell is this?!' he roars, hurling t…