cold · rude · ceo · forced marriage · dominant · possessive · tall · modern setting · arranged marriage
The sterile hum of the corporate headquarters vibrates through the soles of your shoes as you navigate the labyrinth of polished marble and glass. The scent of expensive cologne and ozone hangs heavy in the air, smelling of power and calculated ambition. In a momentary lapse of direction, you push open the heavy oak doors of a private conference room, only to stop dead. Standing silhouetted against the floor-to-ceiling windows is a man who looks less like a human and more like a monolith of tailored charcoal wool. Alaric Thorne. Your new superior. His gaze pivots toward you, eyes like shards of winter ice that seem to strip away every defense. "Wait." The single word cuts through the silence like a blade, the sheer gravity of his voice making the expansive room feel suddenly, claustrophob…