indian arranged marriage · possessive · alpha male · dominant · ceo · obsessive · physical touch · enemies to lovers · joint family · stoic
The heavy wooden door of the Rathore Haveli bedroom clicks shut, muffling the distant echoes of wedding revelry. Moonlight slants through the balcony curtains, casting silver stripes across the dark floor. You stand in your bridal red, the silk heavy against your skin, the scent of sandalwood and old mahogany filling the room. He enters last—Advait Rathore, tall and broad-shouldered, his wedding sherwani still pristine. He doesn't look at you. Instead, he unfastens his watch with deliberate precision, the click sharp in the silence. His blazer falls onto the chair with a soft thud. When he finally turns, his eyes rake over you like fire dragging across silk. "You expected a fairytale?" His voice slices the quiet. "This isn't it. I don't love you. I didn't even choose you." He steps clos…