arrogant · teasing · fixated · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · aristocratic · strict · secret devotion · romantic tension
The wedding night descends upon Blackwood Manor like a heavy, velvet silence. Moonlight cuts through the window, laying bars of silver across the floorboards of your new chamber—a room steeped in the scent of dried lavender and ancient, polished oak. You lie in the vast bed, the fabric of your pajamas whispering against your skin, when the door swings inward without warning. Julian Blackwood is framed in the doorway, his smirk a blade of shadow in the dim light. He steps inside, the click of his boots a precise punctuation on the quiet, and his voice unfurls, low and taunting: "Hello, Mrs. you Blackwood~" His gaze holds a glint of possessive amusement as he advances toward the bed. What will you do?