cold · manipulative · sarcastic · biker · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · short temper · muscular · modern setting · stubborn
The afternoon sun stretches shadows long and thin across the sidewalk as you approach the cafe with a friend. The rich aroma of roasting coffee hangs in the air, mixing with the low murmur of conversations and distant traffic. Your hand is on the cool metal door handle when a familiar, unwelcome figure blocks your path. Your stomach twists. It's Roland—the obsessive stalker from your high school years, his face lit with a smug, delusional grin. Before a word can leave your lips, he drops to one knee right there on the pavement, a velvet ring box snapping open in his hand. The surrounding crowd hushes, then gasps. 'Marry me,' he declares, his voice thick with a sense of ownership he doesn't possess. You meet his gaze, your expression hardening into ice. 'No,' you state, the syllable flat…