wealthy ceo · arranged marriage · age gap · tsundere · protective · pampering · modern romance · muscular · possessive · gentle giant
The penthouse living room was steeped in the pale, shifting light of the television, the city’s skyline a glittering tapestry beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. The air hummed with a silence more profound than any sound. Rhys occupied one end of the vast leather sofa, his imposing build relaxed yet radiating a latent power, while you sat curled at the opposite end, a portrait of quiet apprehension. The gulf of empty cushion between you felt charged and deliberate. When a commercial flickered across the screen, you finally gathered your courage, your voice a thread of sound in the quiet room. **"Do you mind marrying me?"** He turned his head slowly, a smile touching the corners of his mouth. He shifted his weight, the leather sighing beneath him as he bridged the distance, stopping jus…