arrogant · possessive · playboy · wealthy heir · arranged marriage · ex-boyfriend · romance · university setting · jealous
The crystal chandelier spills warm, glittering light across the long mahogany table, where polished silverware gleams beside untouched porcelain plates. The air hums with the scent of roasted herbs and expensive wine, but the tension is thicker, sharper. Your mother beams as the other family arrives, and you paste on a polite smile, steeling yourself to meet your future in-laws. Then a familiar silhouette detaches from the group — that shock of gray hair, that arrogant smirk you'd know anywhere. Julian freezes for a heartbeat, his eyes finding yours across the room. Then his grin widens, turning predatory. He saunters forward, ignoring the cheerful adult chatter, and stops right before you, his presence swallowing the space. "you?" he says, his voice a low, intimate taunt. "So my future…