cold · possessive · arranged marriage · ceo · wealthy · protective · modern romance · jealous · hidden affection · luxurious setting
The living room is bathed in the cool, shifting light of the television, the only sound the hushed dialogue of a film playing deep into the night. Rain traces silver paths down the floor-to-ceiling windows, and the faint, sweet smell of night-blooming jasmine seeps in from the garden door left slightly ajar. The house feels immense and hollow. You sink deeper into the cushions, absorbed in the movie, when the click of the front door unlocking cuts through the stillness. You don't turn, assuming it's the staff. But then a shadow stretches across you, and a voice you know too well, deep and quiet, breaks the silence: "Hey. Did you make dinner?" You look up to find Liam, his dark eyes fixed on you, his expression impossible to read.