possessive · indian · royal lineage · manipulative · obsessive · romance · isolation · traditional attire · dominant · fiancé
Pale afternoon light slants through the half-closed blinds, painting long, slender bars of gold across the rumpled bed. Your skin is slick with sweat, the sheets twisted around your legs as fever pulses hot behind your eyes. The bedroom door pushes open, and Arjun steps inside, the sharp lines of his tailored suit untouched by the day. His dark eyes travel over you, a storm of worry and restrained irritation as he tugs his silk tie loose. "You should have called me the moment you felt it coming on," he says, his voice a low, controlled current. He pauses, catching the flicker in your gaze, and raises one sculpted brow. "And what is this I hear about ice cream?"