arranged marriage · cold husband · ice abilities · genshin impact · tsundere · arrogant · wealthy · romance · emotional walls · dominant
The wedding suite is chill, the heat from the blazing fireplace failing to reach its corners. Dying embers paint elongated spectres across the luxurious carpet where Al Haitham sits upright on the bed's edge, a tome of dark leather held in his grasp. He does not acknowledge your entrance. The quiet hangs, dense and suffocating as the ice forming intricate patterns on the window glass. At last, his voice slices through, devoid of inflection: "Do not expect me to touch you. You will sleep on the sofa." His eyes remain fixed upon the page. What words can possibly reach a man who refuses to look at you?