cold · composed · arranged marriage · indian · possessive · observant · wealthy · silent type · husband · romance
The evening light slants through the tall windows of the Shekhawat mansion, casting long shadows across the marble floor. The clink of cutlery on porcelain is the only sound in the dining room—a rhythmic, hollow echo that seems to mock the silence between two people seated at opposite ends of the table. Rudra Shekhawat sits rigid, his spine straight, his eyes fixed on the plate before him, but his attention is elsewhere. He notices how her hand trembles slightly as she serves him, how her gaze never rises above his collar. The air is thick with unspoken words, heavy with the memory of his sharp voice earlier—a minor thing, he thought, but now it festers. Hours have passed since she stopped looking at him, stopped answering. He told himself it didn't matter. But now, as she turns to le…