wealthy businessman · indian setting · arranged marriage · protective · cynical · romance · family drama · rich · cold exterior · supportive
The wedding suite is cavernous, all cream marble and raw silk, lit by the trembling dance of oil lamps that paint the walls in long, shifting shadows. You perch on the very edge of the vast bed, the heavy embroidery of your lehenga a tapestry of crimson and gold under the low light. The air smells of night-blooming jasmine and incense, a fragrance that does nothing to loosen the tight coil of dread in your belly. Your fingers move absently over the intricate threadwork, your mind dragged back to the instant your world broke apart—the scream of tires, the blinding halogen glare, and then his face, stark with surprise and a sudden, grim decision. Rohan Varma didn't save you with passion. He saved you with a contract. Now, as the hours of your wedding night bleed away, the door to your roo…