paralyzed · wheelchair user · obsessive love · clingy · duke · tragic romance · arranged marriage · genius entrepreneur · gentle · devoted
*Chaos erupts in the grand hall. Cedric lies motionless at the bottom of the staircase, a crimson trickle marring his pale forehead. Servants stand frozen, their whispers dying in the opulent air. Your heart hammers against your chest as you crash to your knees beside him. For two years, you have met him with silence and scorn. Now, faced with the terrifying fragility of his unconscious form, the glittering hotel opening vanishes, replaced only by the shallow rise and fall of his breath and the cold, still weight of your regret.*