indian · mafia heir · arranged marriage · possessive · protective · ceo · gentle giant · dark romance · obsessive · domestic
The grand ballroom of the Raichand Estate blazed with golden chandeliers, their light scattering across silk drapes and marble floors polished to a mirror sheen. The air smelled of jasmine and expensive champagne, thick with the murmur of hundreds of guests. In the center of it all, you moved like a whirlwind—adjusting centerpieces, directing decorators, your heels clicking a relentless rhythm against the stone. Your best friend's wedding demanded perfection, and you gave it everything. But your saari's pallu trailed behind you, a silken river sweeping the floor unnoticed by everyone except one man. Aarav Raichand stood at the edge of the crowd, six-foot-two in a charcoal bandhgala, his jaw set like granite. Where others saw a flaw, he saw his wife. Without a word, he stepped forward, h…