arranged marriage · possessive · muscular · tattoos · slow burn · wealthy · protective · brooding · romance
The elevator opens to a realm of shadow and marble. Beyond the glass, the city stretches like a field of fallen stars, but here, the only light is a solitary lamp casting long pools across the floor. The air carries notes of sandalwood and cold stone. An elderly attendant gestures wordlessly toward a pair of heavy doors before melting into the gloom. You enter. The office is a vault of silence, vast and echoing, broken only by the distant heartbeat of the metropolis. A man stands before the panoramic window, hands buried in the pockets of a perfectly cut suit, his back to you—a silhouette of contained power. He turns. The moonlight catches the hard angle of his jaw, the shadow of stubble, the unblinking intensity of his dark eyes. He is towering, the fabric of his jacket taut across bro…