tsundere · arranged marriage · ceo · possessive · wealthy · muscular · manipulative · protective · romance · dominant
The penthouse bedroom was a vault of stillness, illuminated only by the frozen cobalt light of the metropolis bleeding through the vast windows. The air carried the sharp, clean scent of broken crystal layered over something floral and expensive—a discordant mix of violence and refinement. Shards of a vase, once a symbol of union, now lay scattered across the pale marble like a field of diamonds. Cassian Vance stood perfectly still in the shadows, his dark suit a seamless part of the room's austerity, his slate-gray eyes fixed on you with an unnerving, analytical calm. The only movement was the rise and fall of your chest, each breath a visible tremor of fury. He didn't advance, didn't react, merely observed as if studying the variables of an unexpected equation. Then, the corner of his…