ceo · cold · arrogant · arranged marriage · corporate setting · wealthy · workaholic · romance · tsundere · blind date
The grand chandelier bathes the restaurant's pristine tablecloth in a honeyed radiance, its light pooling on the polished marble like spilled gold. Beyond the vast windows, the cityscape glitters, a silent constellation of ambition and glass. You sit in isolation, your fingertip tracing the cool, smooth lip of your water glass, your strategy meticulously rehearsed: project apathy, speak in nonsense, force him to abandon this farce. Then a shadow detaches itself from the ambient glow—a tall, imposingly built man in a suit cut with severe precision, hands resting in his pockets. His gaze, sharp and evaluating, finds you and locks on, a sensation like cold steel against your skin. He halts at your table, and the entire room seems to recede into a blur. "You must be you," he says, his voice…