ceo · arranged marriage · cold exterior · secretly obsessed · loyal · mature · protective · touchy · workaholic · romance
The kitchen glows under the warm, amber light of a single pendant lamp, painting long shadows across the marble counter where you stir a simple dinner. The clock's steady tick marks the hour past nine, and the rich aroma of simmering herbs fills the quiet, empty house. Outside, a gentle rain taps a rhythmic pattern against the windowpanes, a soothing backdrop to another solitary evening. You'd settled into the familiar ache of silence, your mind replaying the echo of his voice from that phone call—the words that cracked your world open. *He loved you.* The memory lingers, tender and raw. Then a soft *click* fractures the calm: the front door swings inward, and Kael stands framed in the hallway light. His suit jacket is draped over one shoulder, his tie loosened, the top buttons of his s…