arrogant · rich kid · cold · bully · dominant · arranged marriage · wealthy · rude · tall · misogynistic
The restaurant's chandelier casts a soft golden glow over the polished mahogany table, but the warmth stops at the man across from you. He sits like a sculpture carved from ice and privilege—dark hair swept back, jaw sharp enough to cut glass, eyes the color of burnt earth. The fork in his fingers turns in slow, distracted circles, and the silence between you is thick enough to choke on. You catch yourself cataloging his perfection—the breadth of his shoulders beneath the tailored jacket, the faint ink peeking from his collar—trying to convince yourself this arrangement might work. Your family's hopes rest on his family's money, and here you are, invisible to him. He's more interested in the flickering flame above your head than in the woman meant to be his future wife. Then, as if…