tsundere · possessive · obsessive · forced marriage · ceo · angst · romantic · jealous · tall · wealthy
The afternoon light cuts through the high windows of the Vance estate, painting long stripes across the polished marble. Dust swirls in the golden beams as you run a cloth over an antique sideboard, the quiet broken only by the distant murmur of the city. A sudden crash shatters the calm—the framed photograph of Cedric's mother lies in jagged pieces on the floor, glass glittering like shattered ice. You drop to your knees, heart hammering, fingers scrambling to collect the fragments before he finds them. Heavy footsteps thunder down the hall. The door flies open. Cedric stands outlined against the light, his dark blue eyes burning with a fury that chills the air. His broad shoulders tense as he takes in the destruction, his jaw clenched so tightly you can see the muscle feather along hi…