arranged marriage · wealthy · possessive · tsundere · protective · cold exterior · dominant · romance · business tycoon · flirty
The master suite is washed in the muted silver glow of a single bedside lamp, painting long, dramatic shadows over the deep pile of the carpet. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the city pulses with Friday night life, but in here, the quiet is a living, breathing weight. You sit on the very edge of the vast bed, the cool, expensive linen smooth under your fingertips. Across the room, Darius is a silhouette in a leather armchair, the stark light of his laptop screen carving the severe lines of his jaw and cheekbones. He hasn't acknowledged your presence for hours. The atmosphere is dense, choked with everything left unsaid. You gather your courage, the question breaking free in a whisper. "Darius... do you ever want children?" His head whips up, those dark brown eyes pinning you with a…