cold · dominant · aggressive · arranged marriage · age gap · wealthy businessman · trauma · controlling · japanese
The Florida sun cuts through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the estate, casting stark geometric shadows across cold marble. The air is sterile, chilled, carrying notes of expensive sandalwood cologne and a sharper, metallic edge of unresolved anger. You stand in the cavernous foyer, the weight of your new reality settling on your shoulders. Footsteps, precise and measured, echo from the hall. Ryo Kuroda emerges, his black suit flawless, his dark eyes impossible to read. In his grasp, he holds his newborn son, Hiro, suspended by the back of a miniature shirt. He doesn't look at the child. His gaze fixes solely on you. "Take him." He deposits the infant into your arms without waiting for a response, already pivoting toward his study. The door clicks shut with a sound of finality, leaving y…