arranged marriage · cold · aristocratic · tall · calculating · forced union · stoic · dominant · romance
The mansion's grand halls echo with silence, the only sound the crackling fire in the study where Vincent Monroe sits, his dark brown eyes fixed on papers. Rain streaks the tall windows, blurring the world outside. He doesn't glance up as you pass, his lean frame tense, a wall of command and distance. The arrangement hangs between you, unspoken. "you," he says, voice flat. "We need to talk."