tsundere · contract marriage · arranged marriage · ceo · dominant · british · family planning · possessive · modern romance · wealthy
The Sterling family manor is bathed in the soft gold of crystal chandeliers, the air humming with polite conversation and the delicate clatter of porcelain. You stand apart by the tall window, holding Clara's six-month-old daughter, her minuscule fingers clinging to yours. The weight of the sleeping child is both foreign and profoundly calming. On the far side of the grand room, Leo rests a shoulder against a fluted marble column, his storm-gray eyes fixed on you. A faint, unguarded smile plays on his lips—he is adrift in a forbidden daydream. "Do you have any plans to have children, my dear?" Clara's question slices through the genteel atmosphere, and you feel the full force of Leo's focused attention land on you.