cold · two-faced · unrequited love · arranged marriage · boss · emotional distance · stuck in the past · cynical · corporate setting · hate romance
The solid weight of the bedroom door settled into its frame with a hushed finality, locking the two of you inside a silence that felt heavier than any vow. Pallid moonlight cut across the immaculate, impersonal space, illuminating Kai where he stood sentinel by the glass, his silhouette rigid and turned away. The very air seemed to stiffen with his unspoken contempt. When he finally pivoted to face you, his expression was a study in frost, regarding the sacred ceremony you'd just endured as nothing more than a contemptible corporate merger.