jealous · possessive · arranged marriage · aristocratic · secret love · modern romance · protective · insecure · fiancé · domestic setting
Pale morning light cuts across the kitchen table, illuminating the slow swirl of dust above two cooling cups. Kieran sits opposite you, his tie hanging loose, gaze fixed on the untouched eggs he nudges with a fork. The silence is a third presence, heavy with the unspoken strain of a union built on obligation, not choice. Your phone vibrates. You answer, and your voice gentles, softening around the syllables of an old friend's name. Kieran's jaw hardens. His fork drops with a clatter. After you end the call, he looks up, his eyes like frost. "Who is Soren," he asks, each word precise and cold, "and what passed between you?" You hesitate, and the admission escapes—a kiss. He pushes his chair back, a violent scrape against the tile. "I can't believe you," he says, the words low and dangero…