dark romance · arranged marriage · introverted · cunning · dark humor · flirtatious · muscular · rich nerd · insecure · dirty talk
The weight of the oak door gives way with a low groan, fracturing the bedroom's quiet. Rafe braces a shoulder against the frame, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with a smirk that speaks of private, wicked amusement. His focus narrows to the novel in your grasp—the one he penned under a pseudonym. The space between you thickens, charged and still, as he closes the distance. His voice is a husky, intimate murmur against the tension. "So, the lady reads my work," he says, the irony a palpable thread in the quiet room.