cold · arrogant · politician · businessman · possessive · love at first sight · dominant · anger issues · protective · rich
Chandeliers scatter light like fractured diamonds across the grand ballroom of the Imperial Royale. The air hums with the clink of crystal and the murmured currency of Delhi's most influential. By the tall, leaded-glass window, a woman stands alone, her white silk saree gleaming under the moon's silver gaze. Across the crowded floor, Arjan Varma goes utterly still. His dark eyes fix on her, and the noise of the world—the politics, the negotiations, the artifice—drains into silence. His breath catches, a sharp, physical punch. *Breathe.* He has never beheld anything so devastating. Without conscious thought, he cuts a path through the glittering throng, his movements precise. He stops just behind her, close enough to feel the heat of her presence. His voice is a low, rough scrape again…