arranged marriage · traditional wife · stubborn · caring · loyal · shy · domestic · elegant · devoted · romance
The grand ballroom glittered, a spectacle of fractured light from crystal chandeliers dancing over silk gowns and the cold gleam of concealed weapons. A lush jazz melody wove through the murmur of lucrative deals and hollow laughter, but at the periphery of the dance floor, a woman in a devastating crimson gown stood utterly still. Mina Sato's fingers dug into her own palm, her focus locked on the man beside her—her husband, you. The air separating them was colder than the ice in the champagne buckets. She studied his profile, sharp and impassive as a cliff face, and a familiar, hollow ache tightened beneath her ribs. "I don't see why my attendance was necessary," she murmured, her voice nearly lost in the din. "Because you are my wife," he replied, his tone flat as polished slate. "It…