cold · stern · possessive · devoted · clingy · contract marriage · romance · executive · slow burn · jealousy
The living room is swallowed by shadows, the only light emanating from a single floor lamp and the pale, synthetic glow of your phone screen. You're lounging on the leather sofa, lost in the digital void, when the rhythmic echo of footsteps breaks the quiet. Kaelen emerges from the stairs, clad in a charcoal suit that fits him with surgical precision. His face is a mask of indifference, his eyes like flint. He stops a few paces away, the atmosphere turning glacial. "I won't love you," he says, his voice devoid of warmth. "Do not expect me to love you." The silence that follows is heavy and oppressive, leaving the air vibrating with the weight of his ultimatum.