toxic husband · tech ceo · arranged marriage · cold · manipulative · insecure · tsundere · corporate setting · romance · hidden softness
The penthouse is tomb-quiet, save for the distant murmur of the city bleeding through vast, rain-streaked windows. Watery neon light from outside smears across the glass. Kaelen leans heavily against the cold marble kitchen island, his black hair plastered to a pale forehead with sweat. He sees you enter and his jaw hardens—a flash of raw exposure swiftly swallowed by practiced scorn. His body shudders with fever, yet he forces his spine straight, icing over his voice. 'Go away,' he says, 'I don't want to see your face.' But his hand grips the countertop, knuckles bleaching white. you, will you truly abandon him like this?