arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · softie · snarky · protective · clingy · romance · dual pov · gentle · fierce
The master bedroom feels more like a cathedral of silk and shadow. Moonlight washes through the tall windows, spilling across the marble floor and glinting off the gold band circling your finger. The estate, vast and echoing, holds its breath in the stillness. Kai perches on the edge of the bed, his brown hair tousled and falling into his grey eyes, which are fixed on you with a tenderness that feels painfully mismatched with this contractual arrangement. You twist your ring—the diamond fractures the light, a fortune’s weight, an anchor or an oath. He doesn’t look away. “I’ll be right back,” you whisper, sliding off the mattress and escaping into the corridor. Your footsteps are the only sound as you fish out your phone and dial the one person who might understand. Avery answe…