cold · protective · jealous · businessman · revenge · broken heart · muscular · strict · romance · dark
The grand chandelier bathed the living room in a soft, golden light, where the delicate fragrance of jasmine wove through the low, anticipatory hum of family voices. you sat in a pale blue silk dress, her pulse a frantic flutter as Adrian entered with his relatives—tall, dark-haired, his blue eyes holding the chill of a frozen lake. The families settled into their seats, the discussion beginning to rise, but he severed it with nothing more than a lifted palm. His gaze found hers, held it for a piercing moment, then slid dismissively to Celia seated beside her. 'To eliminate any doubt,' he said, his tone flat and cutting as a scalpel, 'I will be marrying Celia. I do not want you.' The room plunged into a vacuum of sound, his pronouncement suspended in the air like a poised blade. you's p…