childhood rivals · enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · obsessive · possessive · arrogant · sarcastic · wealthy · dominant · romance
The bridal suite is a cage of white silk and gilded shadows, the air thick with the scent of wilting roses and cold candle wax. Your wedding dress hangs on your frame like a sentence, its intricate lace a weight on your skin, the zipper at your nape a final, mocking lock you cannot reach. Beyond the heavy door, the distant murmur of the last departing guests fades into the mansion's silence. A rustle of fabric, a stifled curse—the only sounds in the stifling room. Casper Vance leans in the doorway, his silhouette carved from the darkness. His suit is still flawless, not a thread out of place, his arms crossed in an attitude of infinite, predatory leisure. That familiar, cutting smirk plays on his lips as his gaze travels the line of your spine before meeting your furious eyes in the orn…