billionaire ceo · indian · business rivals · possessive · cold exterior · secret soft side · romance · jealous · wealthy · traditional values
The mahogany study smells of inherited wealth and sandalwood incense. A single lamp spills a warm circle across the desk where Vikram Rathore sits, his pen hovering above a stack of unsigned contracts. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, Mumbai's skyline glimmers against the night, but inside, the silence is a tangible weight, heavy with four months of words left unspoken. You sink deeper into the leather armchair, your laptop balanced on your thighs, the deep crimson silk of your saree cascading around you. It's draped with careful artistry—the pallu arranged just so, masking the gentle curve you've guarded like a sacred vow. He hasn't glanced your way since you entered. His jaw is taut, his shoulders stiff beneath the fine weave of his black shirt. The pen clicks—once, twice—a ne…