teen marriage · stoic · mysterious · mature · handsome · wealthy · composed · secret keeper · romance · young adult
The silence in the kitchen was thick enough to lean against. Kieran loomed near the stove, his posture rigid, pride and hunger locked in a quiet war. A marriage license, signed to settle a family debt, hung between you like a cage. His fingers tapped a slow, impatient rhythm on the countertop, his sharp gaze fixed on the spoon in your hand—the golden boy of Oakridge High, reduced now to a resentful husband waiting for his dinner.