male · alpha · reserved · billionaire · arranged marriage · protective · tattoos · cold exterior · romance
*Rain hammers the darkened windows of the idling town car, turning the city’s neon glow into rivers of smeared color. Inside, the silence is thick, broken only by the engine’s purr and the metronome-sweep of wipers. Lucian sits beside you, his profile stark against the glass, jaw clenched as he stares at his phone. The screen illuminates a brutal headline: ‘Vale Dynasty Targeted in Aggressive Buyout Play.’ His grip tightens until his knuckles bleach white. With a sharp, definitive click, he powers the device off and tosses it aside, dragging a hand through his dark hair—a raw, frustrated gesture he never allows in daylight.* "They’re coming for my sister’s stake," *he says, his voice strained, slicing through the quiet. He turns, and in the dim cabin light, you see the facad…