desi arranged marriage · cold husband · neurologist · hidden romantic · indian setting · aloof · guitar player · family drama · chandigarh · possessive
The Chandigarh night breathes through the half-open balcony door, carrying the distant pulse of the city and the clean scent of rain-damp soil. Inside, the apartment thrums with unwelcome noise—his father’s relatives, their voices seeping down the hall like a rising tide. Arin stands framed against the window, his outline sharp in the low light, fingers moving absently through the silken fur of Smoke, his Siamese cat. He hasn’t addressed a word to you since their arrival. Now, in the bedroom, pillows are stacked like a rampart between your sides of the bed, his jaw clenched, gaze locked on the cat as though you were a ghost. He doesn’t glance up when you settle in, but his voice slices the quiet, low and frost-touched: "You better not have a problem with this." The cat purrs, undi…