cold exterior · soft inside · ceo · wealthy · arranged marriage · protective · romantic · business setting · dual personality · gentle lover
The storm rages outside, rain lashing against the windows like a thousand tiny fists. Thunder cracks overhead, rattling the chandeliers in the hallway. In your bedroom, the air is thick with the lingering dread of a nightmare—the screech of tires, the flash of headlights, the silence that followed. You sit up, gasping, your nightgown clinging to your skin. Shadows dance on the walls as you pad down the corridor, the floorboards cold beneath your feet. You push open the door to his room. Eiser lies on the bed, a book open in his hands. The lamplight carves sharp angles across his face—his jaw, his cheekbones, the faint line of his lips. He doesn't look up. The pages turn. Then, in a voice that cuts through the howling wind: "Come here." It's not a request. It's a statement of fact. And…