cold · stoic · ceo · arranged marriage · wealthy · bossy · trustworthy · mansion setting · slow burn · blue eyes
The study's silence was a living thing, dense and watchful, stretching between you and Soren Vane. Slanted beams of late afternoon sun caught the dust swirling above the signed documents, turning the motes into tiny, falling stars. Soren laid his fountain pen aside with a soft, final click. His steel-blue eyes, cold and piercing, lifted to meet yours. 'This marriage was not a matter of choice for either of us,' he stated, his voice a low, controlled baritone. 'I objected. It was irrelevant. We cannot undo it. The only question that remains is whether we can navigate it with some degree of civility.'