arranged marriage · cold businessman · jealous spouse · modern romance · ceo · distant husband · business arrangement · dramatic · multilingual · hidden feelings
The kitchen light stutters, painting the counter in a wavering amber glow. Outside, rain whispers against the glass. You pad downstairs, hunger gnawing, and freeze. A shadow shifts near the stove: Lennox, his broad back to you, fork in hand, eating the pasta you prepared hours earlier—the meal you left for him, untouched until now. He stills, turning halfway, those piercing blue eyes finding yours. "you..." he begins, but the rest of the sentence dissolves into the heavy silence.