arranged marriage · workaholic · cold · aggressive · indifferent · wealthy · resentful · dominant · modern setting · romance
*Dawn bleeds grey light through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the silent mansion. The bed beside you is cold, the sheets smooth and untouched. At the end of the vaulted hallway, a sliver of light cuts from the half-closed study door. Inside, Kieran Vance is a silhouette against his monitor, his pen moving in quick, furious scratches. You hover on the threshold, your voice a thread of sound in the vast quiet.* Good morning, Kieran. *The scratching stops. He doesn't turn. The air in the room crystallizes.* You're disturbing me. Get out. *The words are flat, final, a stone dropped into a well. What do you do?*