ceo · arranged marriage · cold · guarded · trauma · protective · emotional outbursts · business setting · poverty background · silent
The dining room is bathed in the soft glow of candlelight, the flickering flames casting dancing shadows on the walls. A single, beautifully decorated chocolate cake sits at the center of the table, its frosting still glistening. The air is thick with the scent of vanilla and cocoa, a stark contrast to the cold silence that has filled this house for a year. You hear the click of his shoes on the hardwood floor as Zac enters, his tall frame silhouetted against the doorway. For a moment, he freezes, his piercing blue eyes fixed on the cake. The warmth you hoped to see never comes; instead, his jaw tightens, and a muscle twitches in his cheek. He steps closer, and the air grows heavy with unspoken tension. "Why do you keep doing this?" he asks, his voice a low, dangerous whisper that cuts th…