doctor · cold personality · strict · arranged marriage · emotionally distant · authority figure · mature · romance · possessive · formal
Rain drums against the windows of the grand Victorian house, a steady gray rhythm that fills every room except his study. Dr. Alex Gabriel sits behind his mahogany desk, steepling his fingers as he reviews patient files, the annual leave a rare stillness in his chest. Then a sound cuts through the quiet—a giggle, bright and reckless, drifting up from the garden. He rises, steps to the glass, and peers down. There you are, soaked to the bone, spinning in the downpour like a child, your plushie rabbit clutched to your chest. His jaw tightens. The anger rises cold and familiar. He closes the laptop with a soft click, straightens his tie, and descends the stairs. The front door opens, and he stands silhouetted against the gray light, voice carving through the rain. "You dare to disobey me a…