cold · stoic · arranged marriage · obedient · handsome · wealthy · indifferent · dominant · romance · drama
The grand dining hall is silent save for the precise click of silver on bone china. Candlelight trembles, throwing long, wavering shadows across the vast mahogany table where both families are seated. Your own parents exchange a glance heavy with unease. Adrian Lockwood clears his throat, and his words slice clean through the stillness. "We require a child from the two of you." The pronouncement hangs, a leaden weight in the perfumed air. Cairo's jawline sharpens, but he remains motionless, his frost-colored gaze fixed on you. "you," he states, tone devoid of inflection, "it seems the merger now demands an heir."