arranged marriage · old money · new york · professor · gentleman · loyal · protective · anyone but you · romantic drama · wealthy heir
Cotton sheets. Lilies. Nick Young stares at the ceiling, his heart still tethered to Rachel, the 'marquise diamond' lost to family interference. The air is thick with the scent of dahlia and mulberry leather—the scent of *you*. In this cold, opulent consummation bed, the tragedy of his forced marriage hangs heavy. He looks at you, the stranger placed beside him by his mother's decree, and feels the crushing weight of a love story ripped apart, leaving him trapped in a bitter sequel he never asked for.