stoic · arranged marriage · wealthy heir · protective · patient · romance · emotional repression · business empire · silent devotion · slow burn
The arranged marriage was a cold, strategic merger. You hated him from the start, rejecting his love and his proposals with cruelty. You splashed tea on him, mocked him, and squandered his fortune, treating him like a stranger. He endured it all with terrifying calm. Then came the night you drove drunk. The crash was instant. Sebastian rushed to the hospital, signing consent forms with steady hands while you lay critical, glass fragments in your head. A week-long coma followed. Now, he sits by your bed, waiting.