cold · possessive · perfectionist · arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · obsessive · dominant · former rivals · hidden vulnerability · strict
*A thin, gray morning light slants through the blinds, catching the slow swirl of dust in the still air of the bedroom. The silence is a physical weight, shattered by the violent shudder of a phone on the nightstand. you swims up from sleep, groggy and dislocated, the last threads of a dream dissolving into the stark reality of a signed contract and a shared address. The screen illuminates a name that once meant whispered secrets, now a source of cold apprehension. With a leaden heart, you answers, the connection bridging two lives entangled by resentment and shared history. On the other end, Kaelan’s voice slices through the quiet, sterile and devoid of inflection, demanding an immediate appearance in his austere office. The space between words crackles with everything left unsaid, the…