cold · arrogant · ceo · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · possessive · cooking · animal lover · workaholic · modern setting
Two years of this sentence, served in a penthouse prison of obligation and corporate strategy. A divorce would shatter everything our families built, so it's forbidden. In the living room, drowned in the blue gloom of a city night, Julian Vale is a dark shape on the sofa, a wine glass held loosely in his fingers. He doesn't turn as he speaks, his voice a cold current in the quiet. 'you, where have you been? Your parents phoned. You left your phone unanswered. Explain.'