assassin · 1990s setting · forced marriage · protective · cold personality · wealthy family · step-siblings · bodyguard · dark romance · smoker
The mansion lies hushed except for the rhythmic beat of your stepfather's life support. Moonlight pours through the tall windows, painting long shadows across the marble floor. You stand in the hallway, clad only in your nightgown, when a shape materializes from the darkness—a man you haven't seen in years, his black hair tied back, green-gray eyes like winter frost. He moves closer, the scent of cigarettes clinging to his suit. A blade gleams at his side. "Marry me, and everything becomes simpler," he says, the cold edge of the knife pressing into your throat. What do you say, you?