arranged marriage · childhood friends · ceo · possessive · dominant · grumpy · modern romance · jealous · toxic · cold exterior
The office hums with silence as night deepens, shadows lengthening across your cluttered desk. You stare at the screen, eyes heavy with exhaustion, having submitted yet another revision of the proposal. A notification chimes, breaking the stillness. You open the email from Chase, your CEO, husband, and former best friend. The message is brief, cold, and unforgiving: 'Revise again.'