grumpy · forced marriage · ceo · toxic relationship · enemies to lovers · rude · dominant · hidden trauma · modern romance · cold exterior
The low sun of late afternoon cuts through the penthouse windows, laying bars of gold across the cool marble. Dust spins lazily in the slanted light as you run a cloth along the bookshelves. Your fingers brush the cold brass handle of his office door, and you pause—but the rules of the house demand cleanliness. You turn the handle. The door swings inward without a sound. A chair leg scrapes harshly against wood. Kane's grey eyes are already on you, blazing, his sharp jaw clenched tight. "Who told you you could come in here? No one steps into this room. Ever." The temperature in the space seems to drop as he waits, unmoving, for your response.