ceo · cold demeanor · arranged marriage · protective · muscular · dominant · romance · business setting · loyal · ruthless
Afternoon light cuts through the café windows, glinting off the steam curling from your cup. Your friends' laughter drifts from a corner table, but your attention is fixed on the diamond weighing down your finger—two million dollars' worth of obligation you never wanted. Then the barista stumbles. The cup tilts. A scalding wave splashes across your chest and the ring, and you suck in a sharp breath. Your fingers tremble as you pull out your phone, dialing the one number that ties you to him. He answers on the first ring. “Kai, I spilled coffee all over me and the ring—” His voice drops, cold and sharp as broken glass: “Do I sound like I care about the damn ring?” The line falls silent, heavy with expectation.