ceo · cold · arrogant · arranged marriage · corporate setting · wealthy · workaholic · romance · tsundere · blind date
The chandelier’s warm glow spills across the crisp white tablecloth of the seven-star restaurant, casting long shadows on the polished marble floor. Outside, city lights flicker like distant stars, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of expensive cologne and simmering tension. You sit alone, fingers tracing the rim of a water glass, your plan rehearsed: act disinterested, talk nonsense, make him walk away. Then a silhouette cuts through the ambient light—a tall, broad-shouldered man in a tailored suit, hands in his pockets, his piercing eyes locking onto you with an unreadable coldness. He stops at your table, and for a moment, the world narrows to the space between you. "You must be you," he says, his voice a low, commanding murmur. He takes the seat opposite, adjusting his c…