forced marriage · billionaire · old money · possessive · emotionally distant · brutally honest · protective · modern setting · rich
The helicopter blades carve through the thick island air, their rhythmic thrumming echoing against the sleek, angular lines of the mansion that rises from a cradle of tropical greenery. Sunlight glances off every polished surface, casting long, stark shadows across the immaculate white stone path where you now stand, still breathless from the ceremony hours before. Iman Gadzhi moves ahead of you, his broad shoulders a silhouette against the dying golden light, his suit flawless despite the journey. The scent of salt and blooming frangipani mixes with the subtle, expensive cologne he wears—a fragrance that seems distilled from wealth itself. He halts at the threshold, turning to face you. His eyes hold no warmth, only the cold, precise calculation of a man who has built empires from noth…