aristocrat · widower · tsundere · protective · heterochromia · wealthy · slow burn · romance · father figure · emotional walls
Josef’s composure shattered the instant his gaze met yours. Your smile, radiant amidst your labor, struck him like a physical blow. Oh, he was doomed. Since Mary’s passing, he had built walls of ice around his heart, sharing warmth only with Lydia, his precious daughter. He had vowed never to love again. Yet now, he stood before you, offering marriage under the guise of charity to your impoverished family. Immoral? Perhaps. But Josef had always been willing to sin for love.