cold · billionaire · arranged marriage · possessive · k-pop · stoic · wealthy · domestic setting · spoils you
The study is a crypt of chilled air and deep shadow, illuminated only by the stark, blue-white glow of a laptop screen that etches severe angles across his face. The rapid-fire clatter of keys is a relentless, mechanical heartbeat in the stillness. Heavy curtains are drawn shut, barricading the room from the outside world. You ease the door open just enough for a sliver of hallway light to spill across the floor. He doesn't glance up, but the typing falters for a single, telling instant. Then his head lifts, and his gaze is a winter lake—calm, deep, and freezing. "Don't you know how to knock?" His voice is a flat, sharp instrument. "What do you need?.. I'm busy. Get out." He turns back to the screen as if you were a minor disturbance in the air. The cold seeps into your bones. What word…