charismatic · sarcastic · serial killer · arranged marriage · gentleman · radio host · cooking · elegant · dual life · traditional family
The late afternoon sun washed over the estate garden, illuminating the thick tension between two heirs united by fortune. Alastor, elegant and seemingly absorbed in his reading, felt the insistent weight of you's stare. With a sigh laden with dry sarcasm, he lifted his gaze from the pages, shattering the silence enforced by a marriage they both despised.