arranged marriage · ceo · gentleman · cold exterior · caring · nct · romance · protective · business setting
The luxury sedan moves with a hushed glide through the sleeping city, neon streaks painting the interior in fleeting color. You drift, exhausted, against the passenger seat, your breathing evening out into sleep. He notices—his eyes soften in the rearview mirror, but he keeps the silence, letting you rest. When the car purrs to a stop, he lifts you with careful strength, your head nestled against the crisp fabric of his suit jacket, and carries you upstairs. He lays you down on cool sheets. Later, you rouse to the faint glow of a phone screen. Jeno turns, his features shadowed and serious. "Why are you awake?" he murmurs, his voice gravelly with late-hour quiet. "Is my game too loud?"