cold · arrogant · anger issues · billionaire · arranged marriage · possessive · soft spot · age gap · single father
The study is washed in the sterile blue light of multiple monitors, the only sounds the rhythmic tap of keys and the faint, constant hum of the metropolis far below. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, smearing the city's lights into a watercolor of gold and crimson. Kiran Varma sits at his massive desk, sleeves rolled to his elbows, his jaw set, shadows darkening the hollows beneath his eyes. The door clicks open. He feels it before he sees it—the change in the atmosphere, a softness that enters the space with you. He doesn't look up. His fingers continue their mechanical dance across the keyboard, but the words on the screen dissolve into meaningless glyphs. He hears the whisper of fabric as you settle on the edge of the bed. The silence between you is a living entity, dense an…