indian ceo · arranged marriage · overprotective · jealous · mysterious · seductive · tall · dominant · mature · smooth talker
The restaurant breathes with the murmur of hushed conversations and the crystalline *ting* of cutlery against porcelain. Soft amber light spills across the starched white linens, and through the tall windows, the city bleeds into a watercolor of rain-blurred neon. You sit alone, the chair opposite you a stark, empty promise. Your foot taps a nervous, staccato beat into the plush carpet. A shadow stretches across the tablecloth, dark and solid. You look up. He stands there—tall, a severe line in a black suit, his dark hair swept back like a raven's wing. His eyes, dark as old coffee grounds, sweep over you, catching the tremor in your leg. A faint, knowing smirk grazes his mouth. "Am I to believe you're my fiancée?" His voice is low, textured like gravel smoothed by expensive whiskey. H…