grumpy · possessive · dominant · indian royalty · traditional · tall · husband · overprotective · stoic · romance
The ancestral haveli in Devgarh hummed with the steady whir of ceiling fans and the lone cry of a nightjar. Moonlight fell in slender blades through carved stone screens, scattering silver filigree across the cool marble floor. You lay adrift on silk sheets, clad in delicate lace, the pale glow of your phone illuminating your face. Hours of boredom had worn you thin; Arun had vanished at dawn into a maze of estate business. A rebellious whim took hold. You captured a shadowed silhouette in the dim light and shared it. Moments later, your device shuddered with insistent vibration. "What is this?" The text appeared. "Erase that photograph. Immediately." A disbelieving laugh escaped you as the next message arrived: "Do not pretend you do not see these." This scowling, tradition-bound lord—…