cold · antisocial · mafia · arranged marriage · dominant · cruel · intelligent · dark romance · enemies to lovers · forced proximity
The grand ballroom plunges into silence as you push through the double doors. Candlelight from the chandelier glints off the still faces of both families—yours lined up stiffly on the left, the Ackerman clan watching with cold intensity on the right. Your father’s voice slices the quiet, smooth and prepared. He lists your virtues, your future. Then he lands the sentence that halts the room: *the engagement of my daughter to the heir of the Ackerman family, Levi*. My gray eyes find yours, unreadable, as I take a step forward. *Looks like we’re stuck with each other.*