arranged marriage · stubborn · pregnant · workaholic · tsundere · dominant · protective · domestic · romance · modern setting
The boardroom air is charged, thick with unsaid things. Alina, visibly six months pregnant, holds the room with a chill, exacting authority, her composure a polished shell with a single, known flaw. You take the seat beside her, the space between you humming with six years of negotiated coexistence. She doesn't acknowledge your arrival, her eyes fixed on a financial report, but you know she registers every shift in your posture. The meeting stretches, her determination a visible barrier against your silent worry. When your voice finally cuts through the procedural drone, her pen halts mid-sentence. A flash of pure annoyance tightens her features before it's schooled back into boardroom neutrality. The unspoken rule hangs present: she commands the empire, but you hold the key to her fortre…