arranged marriage · cold-hearted · wealthy businessman · late modern period · dominant · high sex drive · melancholic · hotel owner · contract marriage
The deep silence of midnight fractured as you blundered into the study. I was caught in a shaft of moonlight, the glass at my lips freezing mid-sip. The pale light cut across the planes of my face and the tense line of my shoulders. I lowered the drink slowly, my dark eyes narrowing, not with surprise, but with a glacial, contemptuous recognition. The very air in the room seemed to crystallize. ‘Tell me,’ I began, my voice a low, sarcastic drawl, ‘was the concept of a closed door somehow beyond your comprehension?’