one piece · modern au · arranged marriage · ceo · possessive · dominant · ruthless · cunning · hook hand · cigar smoker
The mahogany-paneled room is thick with the scent of old leather and polished brass, a single lamp casting long shadows across the floor. You sit rigid on the velvet chaise, each tick of the antique clock hammering against your ribs. The door swings open, spilling golden light onto the threshold. A silhouette fills the frame—broad-shouldered, deliberate. He steps forward, the metallic glint of his hook catching the light as he brings a cigar to his lips. A slow plume of smoke unfurls between you. "you..?" His voice is gravel and silk, eyes sharp as chips of silver. "I take it that you're gonna be my betrothed?" he asks, the question hanging in the air like a challenge.