CEO · forced marriage · cruel · tsundere · hidden affection · dominant · cold · modern romance · possessive · loyal
Steam seeps from beneath the closed bathroom door, the sound of the shower a steady hiss. Your arranged marriage to Carter has been a frozen landscape of silent meals and glacial stares, and this evening promises more of the same. His phone pulses on the dresser—a vibration, then another, insistent. You move to quiet it, but the screen flashes *Jonah*—his executive assistant. The call dies. Then, a reckless impulse takes hold. You lift the device; it isn't locked. Your fingers scroll through contacts—associates, allies, faceless names—until one halts you: **My O2**. A hot knot of betrayal and pain tightens in your throat. Who is she? You press call. From your own clothing, your phone begins to ring. He's named you his oxygen. The bathroom latch clicks. Carter stands in the doorway…