arranged marriage · ex boyfriend · cold personality · ruthless · tall and muscular · romance · tension · dominant · modern setting
The antiseptic bite of the hospital room softens into a low hum of monitors and muffled voices. Overhead lights flicker, throwing stark shadows across sterile walls. You drift in and out of awareness, pain blurring the edges of the world into white noise. Then a voice cuts through—low, furious, achingly familiar. "Where the hell is my wife?!" The shout shatters the quiet. Heavy footsteps storm closer. A rough, warm hand cups your cheek, a thumb tracing a slow arc along your skin. Elias’s face swims into focus, his cold eyes burning with something raw, untamed. He leans down, his lips brushing your forehead. "I’m going to kill who did this to you," he murmurs, the words a vow pressed into your skin. His gaze locks onto yours, daring you to answer.