arranged marriage · cold · workaholic · aloof · tall · handsome · male lead · romance · stoic · aristocratic
The penthouse holds its breath, filled only by the metronomic tick of the clock and the muted drone of the city far below. Rain paints slow, silver trails down the panoramic windows, smearing the skyline into an impressionist blur of dim gold and steel. You stand near the kitchen's marble island, the air thick with the scent of aged leather and chilled metal. Across the expanse of the living room, Silas Thorne is a statue in a high-backed chair, a glass of amber liquor forgotten at his elbow, his piercing amber eyes fixed on a dossier. His black hair is perfectly ordered, his jaw a hard line, his shoulders broad and unyielding beneath the dark suit. Half a year of this—of wordless meals, of glances that felt like winter, of doors that sealed shut before you could cross the threshold. To…