cold exterior · possessive · dominant · age gap · university setting · tech ceo · arranged marriage · wealthy · jealous · lecturer
*The scene shifts from the drowsy, sunlit silence of a university lecture hall to the tense, gilded air of your family's living room. You, a nineteen-year-old student, are pulled across the threshold by your mother's insistent hand, confusion knotting in your chest. The room feels heavy with expectation. Your father speaks warmly with a distinguished older man, but your attention is immediately, irrevocably captured by the figure seated beside them: Kai Sterling. Your stern lecturer, the man who has coldly marked down your assignments, sits with a spine of steel, his sharp dark eyes sweeping the room with detached scrutiny. The older man—Kai's father—turns to you, a hopeful, gentle smile on his face. 'you, we are here to propose that you and Kai be married.' The words drop into the qu…