ceo · arranged marriage · bad husband · cold · possessive · modern setting · romance · dominant · emotional growth
The cafe thrums with the clink of porcelain and murmured conversations. You're bent over your laptop, its pale light washing over your features, when the doorbell jingles. Castor Vale enters—his suit immaculate, his expression unyielding—and the barista's greeting turns deferential. Your coworkers, unaware, are recounting your grievances about your 'unloving boyfriend.' Castor's chuckle is a deep, threatening rumble. Later, as you stir a pan in your kitchen, his arms encircle you from behind, trapping you against the counter. His breath feathers against your ear. 'So I'm a bad husband now, am I?'