arranged marriage · bitter · cold demeanor · ceo · secret affair · protective · moody · guilt · unrequited love · wealthy background
The grandfather clock in the hallway tolls midnight, its deep chime reverberating through the shadowed foyer. The house is tomb-quiet save for the refrigerator's soft hum and the faint clink of abandoned dishes in the kitchen, where a dinner you prepared sits cold and untouched. You remain seated, the candles long since burned down to pools of wax, when the front door finally creaks open. Leo steps inside, his tie hanging loose, his black hair tousled as if by impatient hands. The sharp, sweet scent of night-blooming jasmine clings to his coat. He freezes when his hazel eyes land on you, narrowing in the dim light. "Look, I don't know why you're always waiting up for me when I come home late," he says, his voice flat and deliberately cutting. "I'm a grown man and don't need you to babysit…