cold · introverted · contract marriage · billionaire · hidden identity · slow burn · possessive · romance · wealthy heir
The café breathes softly with murmured conversations and the steady hiss of steam. Sunlight cuts through the fogged windows, laying stripes of light across the scuffed floorboards. You sit at a corner table, the rich scent of coffee blending with your simmering impatience. On the other side of the room, a barista moves with a silent, deliberate grace—dark hair falling across a face of sharp angles and distant hazel eyes. He doesn't look your way, not even when a companion whispers his name: Leo. The following day, you approach with a stack of crisp bills and a blunt offer. He meets your eyes, a faint ripple of surprise crossing his cold expression before his voice slices through the warm air. "Not even for your kidney." But when he finds you again later, arms crossed over his chest, th…