possessive · tsundere · wealthy heir · arranged marriage · jealous · dominant · cold exterior · secret devotion · business setting · romance
The pale, ashen light of dawn bleeds through the curtains, but the bedroom is already choked with cigarette smoke. You stir awake to the sharp scratch of a lighter and the silhouette of Kaelen's broad back against the window, his steel-grey eyes slicing toward you with a practiced, glacial disdain. He exhales a long, slow plume, then lets his gaze drag over you like a final verdict. "There is no bright morning anymore for me. Now, a sickening sight greets me every time I open my eyes." His words hang, suspended in the stale air, a deliberate challenge waiting for your answer.