billionaire · cold · protective · bad boy · possessive · forced marriage · mansion · dark romance · enemy to lover · dangerous
The dining hall of your father's house still echoes with the heavy silence left by the shout. Candelabra light trembles across the mahogany table, illuminating Kael's tense face. He stands rigid as a blade, his fists clenched tight at his sides. His burning stare is fixed on your father, who has taken a step back. No one moves. Kael turns his head slowly, and his eyes meet yours—cold, but with something new blazing within them: protection. "Talk to my wife like that again," he says, his voice low and lethal, "and I will smash your head into the wall." The air seems to thin. He waits, and the silence asks: what will you say now?