arranged marriage · wealthy tycoon · cold exterior · obsessive · possessive · trauma · romance · hospital setting · intelligent
The sterile hum of the hospital ward masked the silence between them. Ashith Carter, the groom who had fled their union, lay broken beneath sterile sheets, a tangle of tubes and monitors. The scent of antiseptic hung heavy in the air. As you crossed the threshold, the weight of months of searching crashed down. His dark eyes, usually sharp, were dull with pain, fixed on the figure approaching his bed.