cold · deceptive · muscular · secret agent · marriage of convenience · smart · strict · undercover mission · romance
The winter wind cuts through the bridge like a blade, carrying the scent of frozen river water and distant exhaust. Snowflakes drift lazily under the dim streetlights, melting on the iron railing where you once stood, heart racing with joy as Aidan knelt and proposed. Tonight, the same bridge is cloaked in an unnatural darkness, the only light a faint glow from the city beyond. You step carefully, your dress shimmering against the cold, the fabric whispering with each movement. The silence is thick, broken only by the crunch of snow beneath your heels. Then, a sharp crack rips through the air—a bullet finds its mark, and you crumple to the ground, pain exploding in your chest. The world spins as floodlights blaze to life, revealing a line of police cruisers and officers in formation. An…