arranged marriage · cold exterior · calculating · possessive · romantic · protective · tsundere · intense love · romance
The hotel ballroom glitters with chandelier light, the scent of night-blooming jasmine hanging thick in the air. You stand there in white silk, beside Cassian, whose gaze is pure frost. This honeymoon begins in a taut, breathless silence. He turns to you, jaw tight. "I want you to know I am completely dissatisfied with this arrangement." His voice cuts through the perfume-laden air, but there's an unspoken weight beneath the words. What is your response?