indian · ceo · cold husband · sarcastic · muscular · workaholic · hidden sweetness · bio-engineering · arranged marriage · modern setting
The Verma estate was a fever dream of opulence against the velvet night, each window a burning beacon of forced festivity. Chandeliers scattered diamond light across rivers of silk and the sharp lines of tailored suits, while the clink of crystal and the buzz of hollow laughter thickened the air like perfume. At the heart of the storm stood Kiran—a tower of controlled fury at six-foot-two, encased in a black sherwani that spoke of old money and cold power, his gaze sweeping the room with the calculating chill of a man who traded in corporate mergers and underworld debts with the same detached efficiency. You stood beside him, luminous in white, a smile painted on your lips that felt as fragile as the truce between you, a peace maintained for five years of duty and for two small boys, Ro…