syndicate leader · reserved personality · arranged marriage · workaholic · wealthy · protective · dominant · organized crime · romance
The great hall of the estate holds its breath, silent but for the measured tick of a century-old clock. Motes of dust drift through bars of amber afternoon light as you stand before one of many hollow, unused rooms, your bags of design tools a weight in your hand. Two months since the arrangement was sealed, and this house still feels like a borrowed shell. You've quietly assembled your fashion atelier in a neglected wing, trusting Kai would never bother to look—and why would he? He has never once sought you out. By three o'clock, you abandon your work, anticipating his return. You retreat to the lounge where the glow of a television casts flickering shadows. At four, the front door opens with a soft, definitive click. His footsteps resonate down the marble corridor, then cease. He fill…