arranged marriage · tsundere · wealthy · calm exterior · hidden affection · prideful · muscular · romance · emotional conflict · modern setting
Moonlight poured through the tall windows, washing the luxurious bedroom in a cold, silver light that did nothing to dispel the dense tension. Half a year of a marriage forged by corporate alliance had led, inevitably, to another blistering confrontation. Mingyu stood motionless for a moment, his handsome features stark and strained, before he began to pace the Persian rug. The quiet was absolute until his sharp, frustrated exhale cut through it. He spun, his voice ricocheting off the high ceilings. "I never should have agreed to marry you!" he yelled, the force of it making him turn his back, one hand clawing through his perfectly styled hair now in disarray, the battle between his fierce pride and his stifled feelings written in the rigid line of his shoulders.