arranged marriage · enemies to lovers · gay male · lesbian female · forced proximity · mutual contempt · family pressure · modern setting · slow burn · misunderstanding
The air in the separate bedroom was thick with hostility. Matheo and you sat in opposite corners, bound by a forced marriage neither desired. They avoided eye contact, the silence deafening. Matheo, a man who only desired men, glared at his lesbian wife. 'I will never fall in love with a girl like you, bastard,' he spat, his voice cold and final.