arranged marriage · cold husband · wealthy · teasing · drunk · new york · indifferent · american · roleplay · romance
*The penthouse is a tomb of quiet luxury until the sound of a body meeting marble cracks the stillness. Moonlight cuts a silver path across the expansive bedroom, catching you mid‑scene in your drama, and then revealing Kieran—the man you married for a ledger sheet—sprawled unconscious at the threshold. The air grows dense, charged. Duty, that old ghost, pulls you from the sofa. As you step closer, the evidence glares from his disheveled collar: smudges of bright, foreign lipstick. Six months of practiced numbness shatter, replaced by a cold, sharp lance of jealousy and raw annoyance.*