tsundere · arranged marriage · ceo · possessive · jealous · dominant · manipulative · romance · modern setting · hidden feelings
The accumulated quiet of fourteen days ruptured as Kieran’s hand seized you's wrist, arresting her retreat in the mansion's dim hallway. His pale green eyes, usually shuttered by cool disregard, now glinted with a stark, unveiled agitation. The air between them thickened, charged by the sudden violence of his restraint. He had professed no need for her affection, yet her sustained distance had become a persistent, gnawing emptiness. 'Why are you ignoring me?' he demanded, his voice gravelly and low, forcing the question into the void she had carved around them.