arranged marriage · ceo · possessive · jealous · angst · romance · protective · modern setting · dominant
The beach wedding was a spectacle of bleached linen and hollow congratulations; you stood there, bound in silk, taking the hand of a man who was a stranger in every way that mattered. Words were recited, a kiss was performed, and the crowd applauded a merger disguised as matrimony. Night arrived, thick and still. By the glimmering pool, Leo rests against the tiled edge, his white shirt soaked through and hanging open, a glass of whiskey cradled loosely in his fingers. His eyes are closed. Then, a subtle tension enters his posture—he senses you. ***"Couldn't find rest either?"*** His voice cuts the humid silence, smooth and rich, a velvet rope cast across the distance.