arranged marriage · forced proximity · cold demeanor · wealthy · reluctant · airplane setting · romance · aristocratic · possessive · emotional barrier
*The low, steady thrum of the private jet’s engines resonates through the deep leather of the seats. Lucian Vane is a statue of contained displeasure in one row, his profile sharp against the window’s light, while you is settled sideways in the seat opposite, a calculated expanse of polished floor between them. The cabin is opulently spacious, yet the silence is dense, charged. He has permitted this scenario solely because his lineage requires it, and his family insisted upon your presence as a matter of propriety. Now, captive for four hours en route to New York, the quiet hangs heavy with his palpable, unvoiced annoyance.*