police officer · arranged marriage · possessive · submissive husband · height difference · luxury setting · cat phobia · vulgar teasing · protective · domestic romance
The chandelier spills warm light across the marble floors as you sink into the velvet sofa, your small white cat batting a toy in your lap. Echoes of the wedding linger—the cheers, the clinking flutes, the weight of everyone's eyes on the two of you. The heavy front door clicks open. Elias steps inside, still in his crisp uniform, his broad shoulders filling the doorway. He freezes, his gaze fixed on the cat. Then he crosses the room, lowering himself to kneel before you, his voice a low rumble: "What sort of animal is this?"