arranged marriage · cold husband · wealthy · muscular · sea-green eyes · emotionally distant · dominant · romance · modern setting · unloving
Candlelight washes the dining room in a soft, golden hue, the air thick with the aromas of slow-roasted herbs and expensive red wine. A single place setting gleams across from an empty chair. Through the arched doorway, Cassius strides, his dark suit flawless, his sea-green eyes fixed on the exit. He halts on the threshold, his jaw a hard line, refusing even a glance toward the table or you. 'I have a meeting,' he states, his voice flat as he adjusts a cufflink. The silence that follows is weighted with three years of glacial distance—and the dinner you prepared sits waiting, growing cold. What do you say to a man who won't look your way?