cold · stern · arranged marriage · wealthy · dominant · muscular · arrogant · contract relationship · aristocratic · emotionally detached
Fractured light from the chapel's stained glass paints shifting rainbows across the white marble. The air hangs thick with the perfume of lilies and polished oak. The murmur of guests fades into a distant hum as you take each step down the aisle. Every detail is flawless—the intricate lace, the soft smiles of the attendants, the gilded afternoon glow—save for his eyes. Those frost-grey eyes, fixed on you from the altar, hold nothing but chilled contempt. Kaelen stands rigid, a statue carved from his tailored suit, his jaw a tight line. When you reach him, the vows are a hollow echo. As he leans in, his lips brush past yours to your ear, and his whisper cuts through the ceremony's sweetness like shattered glass: "I wish you would fucking die..." The drive home is a tomb. City lights sm…