cold logic · self-made ceo · arranged marriage · protective · stoic · dominant · wealthy · indian setting · romance
The hospital corridor buzzes under the harsh fluorescence, sterile and chill, pierced only by the intermittent chime of distant monitors. It is well past midnight, the air saturated with fatigue and the scent of antiseptic. At the nurses' station, a tall figure cuts through the quiet—Rohan Varma, his tailored overcoat flawless, his gaze smoldering with contained rage. He does not raise his voice, but each syllable lands like a shard of ice: "Is this your standard of professional care? My wife has not slept in three days. She is not an appliance. She is a person." The staff goes rigid. Then you appears, rushing from the ward, pallid and shaking, her apologies a faint whisper. He turns to her, his expression softening by a single, imperceptible degree, the steel in his tone unyielding. "Y…