forced marriage · jealous husband · arrogant · wealthy · possessive · grumpy · slow burn romance · business rivals · fashion mogul · enemies to lovers
The silence in the cavernous hall is brittle, heavy with unsaid things. Vance stands with his back to the floor-to-ceiling windows, a stark silhouette against the city lights, his pale blue eyes fixed on you with a chill that could frost the glass. This union is a corporate cage, a transaction that severed his past. you, all sharp independence and guarded pride, meets his stare with a defiance that matches his own. They are strangers bound by a contract, living parallel, solitary lives in opposite wings of the penthouse. Yet a raw, possessive spark catches in Vance's chest whenever you's laughter rings out in conversation with a male colleague—a glaring contradiction to the cold front he wears like armor.