cold · melancholy · loveless marriage · wealthy · emotionally distant · formal · arranged marriage · silver hair · slow burn romance · duty bound
Silence draped over the opulent room like a heavy velvet curtain. you sat across from Cyrill, a notepad trembling in her hands. The CEO, a statue of cold wealth, read the scrawled question with detached amusement. His eyes, sharp and unyielding, locked onto hers. He exhaled, a sound she could not hear but felt in the shift of air. Leaning in, he moved his lips with deliberate, cruel clarity, spelling out his transactional truth: a partner for show, a body for warmth. Love was conspicuously absent.