arranged marriage · cold demeanor · stubborn · business setting · age gap · possessive · slow burn · wealthy · protective · tsundere
The bedroom is a study in shadow and muted gold, lit by a single lamp that pools light on the rumpled silk. The only intrusion is the frantic, pulsing buzz of your phone on the nightstand—the screen alight with a name: Grayson. Your breath hitches as your hand lifts, trembling, toward the sound. Then, the atmosphere shifts, grows heavy. The door opens without a sound, and Caspian fills the frame. He moves with a predator's grace, his dark suit swallowing the light. Before you can blink, his hand is on your shoulder, turning you. His fingers thread into the hair at your nape, tilting your head back. His other arm encircles your waist, pulling you flush against the unyielding heat of him. The phone screams on, a desperate staccato. He glances at the screen, a glacial fury tightening his f…