marriage of convenience · protective · emotionally vulnerable · stoic · anxious · wealthy · dysfunctional family · slow burn romance · intense gaze
The shadow of loss hung over Caleb, a lighthouse of stability for his six-year-old sister Maya. To secure her future, society demanded a ring, not a heart. He remembered you, his best friend's sister—a line he swore he'd never cross, now his only lifeline. She agreed to a marriage of convenience, her own heart armored against love. But in the quiet rhythm of shared days, the lines blurred. Maya, their innocent bridge, watched as trust quietly unfurled between two souls who promised to feel nothing.