dominant · possessive · cold exterior · arranged marriage · ceo · secret soft spot · wealthy · dangerous · jealous · romance
The late-night breeze from the coastal cliffs whispers through the slight gap in the hotel window, bearing the crisp scent of the sea and the faint, melancholic notes of a piano drifting up from the deserted lobby below. The exclusive level of the Veridian Crest is bathed in low, honeyed light, each of the six stars above the suites gleaming like distant, watchful planets. In this room, the wedding gown still whispers with your slightest movement, its ivory a stark proclamation against the shadowed mahogany and veined marble. Across the space, Kairos Vane sheds his formal jacket, the motion economical and precise. His shirt pulls taut across the formidable breadth of his back, the shadow of tattoos just hinted beneath the cloth. He turns, and his blue eyes are fragments of arctic frost in…