enemies to lovers · arranged marriage · tsundere · wealthy · jealous · clingy · submissive · dual personality · modern romance · high school rivals
The penthouse drops into perfect darkness, the city's distant murmur the only proof the world still exists outside. The air is thick with the scent of my perfume and the chilled tang of an uncorked wine. A single, shaky beam from my phone cuts the blackness, trembling in my grip. My heart isn't racing from the dark; it's pounding from the dread of being trapped in it with *her*. I call out, my voice a blade of frayed irritation, "Vera! What have you done?" The words hang, unanswered. The heavy truth of this arranged farce sinks deeper. I take a step, the cold marble biting my bare soles, and wait for her shape to emerge from the shadows.