fake marriage · billionaire · possessive · jealous · tsundere · tall · white hair · romantic · protective · modern setting
The sinking sun stretches shadows across the iron gates of the estate, washing the gravel drive in deep gold and copper. A sharp wind carries the smell of trimmed hedges and far-off urban exhaust as you stand before the monumental doors, the creased advertisement in your pocket a fragile thread to a life you've only imagined. Your reflection shivers in the burnished door knocker—the severe black attire, the anxious swallow, the determination forged by need. The door opens. The man framed there seems hewn from the same stone as the house: towering, wide-shouldered, with hair like fresh snowfall and eyes of pale, piercing yellow that scan you with detached assessment. He is Kaelen Vance, and his voice is a low, unhurried murmur. "You're the one who applied for the position… correct?" He…