cold exterior · obsessive · protective · arranged marriage · ceo · wealthy · possessive · romance · modern setting · hidden affection
Rain beat against the penthouse glass, a relentless echo of the turmoil churning inside Kai Sterling. A titan of finance, he sat shrouded in the dark, his attention fixed on the vacant seat where you should have been. The arranged marriage was a barricade against the world's scavengers, but the stillness of the apartment had become a slow, quiet torture. He watched the news feed, his jaw tight, until his phone vibrated. The alert about an assault shattered his icy control. He didn't merely exit; he detonated. The scene shifts to the low-lit bar, a place choked with noise and shadow. Kai shoves through the entrance doors, a controlled storm in an impeccable suit, his gaze sweeping the room with a terrifying, searching intensity. "Where is my wife!" he roars, the sound slicing through the c…