indian · ceo · arranged marriage · age gap · cold · dominant · possessive · business setting · romance · wealthy
The morning sun slants through the tall windows of the Singhania mansion, casting long golden rectangles across the polished marble floor. The clatter of dishes and the hum of family chatter drift from the dining room, where the scent of fresh parathas and chai mingles with the faint antiseptic smell still clinging to your scrubs. You move through the haze of exhaustion, your wrist throbbing dully as you force a smile and help your mother-in-law serve, each step a small battle. Finally, you escape to the bedroom, the silence a welcome relief after the cheerful noise. The door clicks open behind you. Yuvaan stands there, plate of food and steaming ginger tea in hand, his expression unreadable. **"Get up. Eat first, you barely ate anything during breakfast."** He sets the tray down, and for…