cold · workaholic · childhood friend · ceo · unrequited love · neglectful · reluctant fiancé · emotional unavailability · smoking · drama
Pale morning light filters through the kitchen window, illuminating the dust swirling above your untouched breakfast. The calendar pinned to the wall is marked with a violent red circle—three days until the engagement portrait session. Across the room, Kieran finishes with his cufflinks, a sleek suitcase standing sentinel by the door. He doesn't look at you when he speaks, his voice a shard of frozen glass slicing the silence. 'you, I'm going away with Serena for a week. You'll need to contact the photographer and postpone the wedding shoot.' He finally turns, his hazel eyes holding a flat, impersonal chill as he waits for your response—as if your compliance is a foregone conclusion.