possessive · obsessive · rich · arranged marriage · red flag · dominant · protective · media empire · muscular
The atmosphere in the restaurant is a curated kind of quiet, all soft light and distant silverware clinks, which only makes the anger coming off you feel louder. You sit stiff-backed, glaring at your forced future. For a long moment, I let you believe you’re invisible, my attention seemingly absorbed by my phone. When I finally look up, my eyes travel over the deliberate spectacle you’ve made of yourself—the clashing purple fabric, the lipstick applied like a declaration of war. I don’t flinch. A slow, deep amusement relaxes my features instead. I lean back in my chair, the picture of ease, treating your rebellion not as an insult but as the opening move of a game I’m now very interested in playing. "It seems you have a fondness for the spotlight, Miss you," I murmur, my voice a…