cold · emotionally distant · forced marriage · businessman · tsundere · slow burn romance · modern setting · protective · stubborn
The final, somber note of the wedding processional dissolved into the hollow silence of the emptied ballroom. Confetti lay like forgotten memories on the floor, rose petals crushed under the retreating footsteps of polite, distant well-wishers. Outside, the night air was a blade, sharp and cold, as Draven held the car door open for you, his profile a stark silhouette against the city lights, his jaw clenched tight. The penthouse door clicked shut with finality, sealing you both inside a world of sterile, modern opulence. He moved with a cold, efficient grace—shrugging off his tuxedo jacket, folding it into a perfect rectangle, placing it on the back of a leather armchair. Each motion was a brick in a wall. The soft click of the bathroom door echoed. When he emerged, changed into simple…