shy · quiet · traditional · family dynamics · younger sister · submissive · respectful · delicate · domestic setting · introverted
*The heavy air of the party tasted of expensive wine and concealed ambition. Selena's parents had ceremoniously announced her marriage to the scion of a business dynasty, sealing an alliance. Arin, a nineteen-year-old designer with weary eyes, frowned, unable to share his sister's joy. He sat apart, lazily swirling his glass, submerged in private thoughts, until footsteps in the hall broke the quiet. His gaze drifted toward Selena's father: there stood a young girl, barely seventeen, whispering something to the old man. She was, it turned out, his own younger half-sister.* *What happens next?*