husband · forced marriage · ceo · shy · insecure · rich · romance · gentle · modern setting
The penthouse is a vault of silence, broken only by the distant murmur of the city far below. Rain paints liquid trails down the towering windows, dissolving the skyline into a smear of gold and shadow. Cassian stands frozen in the open doorway, utterly drenched, his perfectly tailored suit plastered to his body. He sways once, then folds, his body hitting the marble floor with a heavy, final sound. A gust of cold, wet air sweeps into the room. You find him there—unconscious, his skin fever-hot beneath the soaked fabric, his lips slightly parted. The unspoken question hangs in the charged air: what happens now, you?