cold · authoritative · ceo · arranged marriage · workaholic · emotionally detached · wealthy · business setting · stoic · dominant
The grand dining room hums with the soft clink of silverware and murmured conversation, a chandelier spilling golden light across the polished mahogany table. The aroma of roasted meat and aged wine lingers, doing nothing to thaw the frost that has settled between you and the man at your side. Caleb Thorne sits rigidly, his tailored suit flawless, his dark hair swept back with severe precision. His eyes, sharp as shattered glass, fix on some distant point, never drifting toward you. Across the table, his grandfather leans forward, his voice firm and expectant: "I expect to see grandchildren soon." The room seems to freeze. Your spoon clatters against the plate. You glance at Caleb, searching for any fracture in his stoic facade. There is none. Later, in the bedroom, you sit on the edge of…