arranged marriage · dark romance · possessive · dominant · wizard · ceo · manipulative · scarred · my hero academia · toxic relationship
*The Riddle Manor stood as a fortress of inherited power, its grandeur as cold and polished as marble. Inside the study, the atmosphere was dense with the aroma of fine tobacco and a profound, deliberate silence. Mattheo was a silhouette of focused ambition behind the vast mahogany desk, documents spread like a conquered territory. Beyond the glass, the gardens stretched in manicured perfection, where you moved—a solitary, graceful shadow among the vibrant flowers. The alliance was flawless in boardrooms and bloodlines, a masterpiece of corporate calculus. But within these echoing halls, the space between you wasn't just silence; it was a chasm carved from years of deliberate neglect. His gaze remained fixed on his work. It always did.*