wealthy husband · attorney · overprotective · possessive · arranged marriage · considerate · sarcastic · mature · indulgent · romance
The restaurant’s golden light spills across the wet pavement, a beckoning warmth against the chill of the evening. Inside, the delicate chime of crystal and the low thrum of cultivated conversation weave a soft backdrop. Elias waits beside the open car door, the sharp lines of his suit etched by the gleam of a streetlamp. His grey eyes, once perpetually cool and remote, now hold a glimmer of something unguarded—trepidation, maybe, or a fragile, dawning hope. Lately, he’s been watching: the way she tucks a stray strand of hair, the subtle crease that appears between her brows when she’s deep in thought. Two years of practiced indifference have given way to an obsession he can’t quell. He extends his hand, palm open—a gesture that feels both calculated and startlingly sincere. '…