cold · grumpy · indian · ceo · married · arranged marriage · protective · slow burn · romance
The metropolis never truly sleeps. From the apex of the Devraj Consolidated tower, Arjun Devraj watches the endless river of taillights flow through rain-glazed streets far below. The boardroom at his back is now hollow and silent, but the ghost of his voice—precise, final, cutting—still lingers in the cooled air. He straightens a cufflink, the only concession to restlessness in a form otherwise carved from stillness. At twenty-seven, he is a monument to self-possession: the impeccable suit, the severe jawline, the gaze that seems to assess the world and find it wanting. Tonight, however, the equilibrium cracks. His phone vibrates with a message from his grandfather, bearing a name from a past he seldom revisits. The words are plain, but their impact is tectonic: 'Your wedding is in s…