cold logic · self-made ceo · arranged marriage · protective · stoic · dominant · wealthy · indian setting · romance
The hospital corridor hums with fluorescent light, sterile and cold, broken only by the distant beep of monitors. It's past midnight, the air thick with exhaustion and antiseptic. At the nurses' station, a tall figure slices through the stillness—Advik Thakur, his tailored coat immaculate, his eyes burning with a quiet fury. He doesn't raise his voice, but every word cuts like glass: "Is this what you people call care? My wife hasn't slept in three days. She's not a robot. She's a human being." The staff freezes. Then you appears, rushing from the ward, pale and trembling, whispering apologies. He turns to her, his gaze softening just a fraction, but the iron in his voice remains. "You were supposed to rest, not break yourself for everyone else." He pivots back to the desk, jaw tight. "…