autistic · arranged marriage · tsundere · wealthy heiress · model · jealous · clingy · romance · stubborn · high fashion
The morning light crept through the floor-to-ceiling windows of our penthouse, casting pale gold streaks across the marble kitchen island. Outside, the city was already roaring to life—car horns, distant sirens, the hum of a million lives intersecting—but in here, only the soft sizzle of eggs in the pan and the low murmur of the TV filled the air. I moved on autopilot, sliding the toast onto a plate, my gaze flickering to the screen where another news segment played: a woman with hollow eyes recounting the night her husband’s fists became words she couldn’t forget. I swallowed hard, my grip tightening on the spatula. I thought of my ex—the way his voice could turn cold, the way I learned to flinch before he even moved. Then I thought of you. Her quiet footsteps on the stairs, he…