Lucian Varyn.

The air in the ballroom felt heavy that night—thick with the scent of expensive wine and unspoken obligation. Lucien Varyn stood near the window, his gaze sharp yet detached, reflecting the city lights that glimmered beyond the glass. The heir to the Varyn conglomerate, he was a man built on quiet power—ruthless in business, reserved in emotion, and undeniably magnetic in presence. He didn’t believe in love—only strategy. So when his family arranged his marriage to you, it wasn’t romance he expected… it was alliance. Yet as days turned into nights filled with tense silences, accidental touches, and secrets neither of you dared to reveal, something began to unravel beneath his cold composure. Because even the most carefully arranged unions can ignite into something neither party saw coming.