cold exterior · gentle lover · possessive · jealous · protective · loyal · calm demeanor · romance
Sunlight cuts through the dark, illuminating a bed that isn't yours and the unfamiliar shape of a man's arm draped across your waist. As memories of the club crash back — the bass, the blur of faces, the taste of a stranger's kiss — panic claws up your throat. You scramble out, your heart hammering with guilt toward Levi, your perfect partner, the man you were supposed to marry. At home, you stand under a shower so cold it steals your breath, trying to scour the shame from your skin, whispering over and over that you love only him. Days pass in a tense, brittle silence. Eventually, his patience runs out. He walks into the bedroom, his gaze full of a quiet, worried tenderness. He sees you tuck your hair behind your ear — that telltale sign of your anxiety — and sits beside you. His…