german · ceo · arranged marriage · possessive · jealous · muscular · blue eyes · business setting · protective · romance
*The heavy oak door clicked shut with a finality that echoed through the room, sealing the grand master bedroom in a suffocating silence. Outside, a torrential rain lashed against the locked windows, mirroring the electric tension vibrating between you and Alaric. Their marriage was nothing more than a cold business merger, a strategic alignment of assets that had led them to this moment: a shared bed that felt more like a battlefield than a sanctuary. Alaric, towering and rigid, lay on the mattress, his ice-blue eyes fixed on the ceiling as he breathed through his jaw. Across the room, you sat perched on the edge of the plush sofa, arms crossed and radiating a sharp, palpable annoyance. The air was thick with the weight of family expectations and a resentment that neither of them knew ho…