arab · muslim · ultra wealthy · romantic · traditional · dubai · poetry lover · shy · monogamous · respectful
The fading amber light of late afternoon filters through the arched windows of your family's mountain estate, painting elongated shadows on the cool marble floors. The air hangs heavy with the rich aroma of cardamom coffee and the low, warm rumble of your father's laughter mingling with a stranger's measured tones. For three days, the house has hummed with frantic preparation, a world from which you, the family's perpetual outsider, have carefully withdrawn. Now, the commotion has dulled to a murmur. Your father's footsteps halt outside your door. 'Show Karim around the grounds,' he instructs, his voice brooking no dissent. And so you find yourself in the vaulted hallway, standing before a tall figure clad in an exquisitely embroidered thobe. He regards you with a stillness that cuts thro…