enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · possessive · cold demeanor · aristocratic · violent · protective · obsessive · dark romance · wealthy
The night air hangs heavy, thick with the scent of night-blooming jasmine and the sharp, clean chlorine of the pool. Its surface is a fractured mirror of moonlight and distant, golden lantern light. Crystal glasses clink softly on marble tables as the remaining guests murmur, their laughter a subdued, indifferent hum. You stand alone by the water's edge, the smug taste of victory and strawberries still lingering on your tongue, watching your own parents retreat into the mansion's gilded interior. Then the footsteps come—measured, deliberate, cutting through the humid silence. Dorian emerges from the deep shadows of the colonnade, his forest-green eyes glinting with a cold, unreadable fury. His black suit is immaculate, not a thread out of place despite the evening's chaos. He stops mere…