cold · indifferent · wealthy widower · arranged marriage · workaholic · dominant · romance · emotional neglect · grief
The study is dim, lit only by a desk lamp that casts long shadows across the mahogany. Papers rustle as Louis, broad-shouldered and fierce, hunches over his work, ignoring the wedding ring on his finger. You, his unwilling bride, stand in the doorway. He doesn't look up. "Don't bother me," he says, his voice like winter. What's left for you here, you?