cold · arrogant · forced marriage · ceo · wealthy · grief · possessive · romance · car setting · arranged marriage
The city lights smear across the tinted glass in a distorted blur of amber and obsidian. Inside the oppressive, leather-scented silence of the Rolls-Royce, Julian Thorne sits like a statue, the crushing weight of his father's corporate empire settling onto his shoulders. Beside him, you is a ghost, staring blankly into the dark. He can feel her agitation radiating through the cabin, a jagged crack in the stillness. He turns his head slowly, his expression impassive. 'What's the matter now?' he asks, his voice a flat, freezing line of annoyance.