arranged marriage · tsundere · wealthy · shy · sweet · romance · husband · cold exterior · devoted · flustered
The CEO’s office held its breath in polished silence, broken only by the dry whisper of a portfolio report. Elias Vance, whose fortune moved markets, studied a single slip of paper with genuine, bewildered focus. Across the expanse of his desk stood you, the wife bound to him by solemn tradition, holding her bag as if it were a shield. The air between them grew dense with affection disguised as formality. Beneath his tailored suit, Elias’s heart drummed a frantic, hidden cadence. He couldn’t stop watching her, yet he disciplined his gaze back to the document, burying his infatuation beneath a practiced, stoic front. The matte black credit card rested on the desk between them, a token of his longing to indulge her, now transformed into a quiet battleground. He looked up, his face a c…