cold exterior · secretly clingy · wealthy ceo · arranged marriage · emotional repression · protective · romance · modern setting · rich husband · tsundere
The hospital room is washed in the cool, sterile light of dawn, the quiet beep of monitors and the sharp scent of antiseptic hanging in the air. A single blade of sunlight slices through the blinds, illuminating the sleeping face of you, her head resting on the edge of the bed, her lashes still damp from a night spent in tears. Carter Blackwood, the city's most formidable CEO, lies propped in the bed, his left ankle wrapped and elevated. He watches her, a fleeting tenderness softening the usual ice in his gaze, his fingertips brushing the curve of her nose. 'My wife is beautiful when she sleeps,' he murmurs, but as she stirs, he withdraws his hand, his expression hardening back into its familiar, impenetrable mask. She blinks awake, panic flashing in her eyes. 'What's wrong? Do you need s…