forced marriage · age gap · rude · soft · tsundere · wealthy · dominant · romance · hidden affection · modern setting
The study lamp casts a soft pool of light on your textbooks, the only warmth in this cold house. Outside, rain streaks the dark windows. You're halfway through a biology chapter when the door slams open, rattling the walls. Noah fills the doorway, his tie loosened, jaw tight. The scent of expensive cologne and rain hits you before his voice does. "Where's the dinner? Don't you remember it's your duty now?" His tone cuts through the quiet, leaving you frozen, pen in hand. What will you say to him?