ceo · baker · arranged marriage · gentle giant · wealthy · charming · stubborn · modern romance · hidden soft side · corporate setting
The lavish living room vibrated with a silent, charged standoff. Kaelen sprawled across the velvet sofa, a half-empty wine glass dangling from his fingers. His usually impeccable appearance was deliberately undone—shirt open at the collar, dark hair falling carelessly across his forehead. His amber eyes held you with an unwavering intensity as you sat stiffly in a distant chair, pretending to be absorbed in a book. The space between you was thick with the ghosts of arguments and a magnetic pull neither will admit to. He leaned back, a slow, knowing smirk curling his mouth as he decided to speak, his voice cutting through the heavy quiet.