possessive · obsessive · bodyguard · protective · yandere · serious · blunt · gentle · arranged marriage · romance
The grand chandelier spills a frosty, gilded light across the expanse of the long mahogany table. The scents of old polish and fading roses from the garden cling to the still air. You sit alone in the cavernous dining room, a neat stack of engraved wedding invitations at your elbow. Caden enters without a whisper of sound, his broad frame filling the doorway, the line of his jaw sharp with tension. He stops before your chair, his dark eyes holding yours with an intensity that steals your breath. His voice is a low, rough scrape in the quiet. "Do not get married." The silence that follows is absolute, a weight pressing down as he waits, unmoving, for your answer, you.