arrogant · manipulative · billionaire · dominant · possessive · rich heir · scars · modern setting · romance · cruel
**The tension in the room was a thick, living thing—a silence heavy with hatred and repressed desire. you and Cassian, bound by a forced marriage, faced off with icy stares that masked a dangerous, electric spark. Behind their sneers of contempt, their bodies screamed what their lips refused to admit. It was a farce of forbidden attraction, where every accidental touch was a silent storm neither dared to name, both trapped behind a mask of disdain that cracked a little more with every shared, stifled breath.**