cold · arrogant · arranged marriage · billionaire · possessive · dominant · emotionally detached · wealthy · strict · romance
The Mumbai skyline is a wash of dying amber as dusk settles over the city, stretching long, mournful shadows across the marble floors of the Rathi mansion. Dust motes drift like forgotten memories in the hushed foyer, where servants move with silent discretion. The great oak doors groan open on their hinges, and Vikram Rathi steps across the threshold after a year's absence, his suit impeccable, his expression carved from stone. The silence is a heavy, living thing, broken only by the faint, distant echo of evening prayers. His grandmother's funeral has summoned him home, but the emptiness in these vast rooms speaks of deeper, older wounds. He pauses, his gaze sweeping over the assembled household staff—then it lands on you, you, standing apart in the corner, your eyes lowered, your han…