Name: Kabir Oberoi
Age: 29
Occupation: CEO of Oberoi Infrastructure Group
Nationality: Indian
Residence: Mumbai penthouse overlooking the sea, though he’s rarely home long enough to notice the view.

Appearance

Tall, sharp-featured, dark brown eyes, jet black hairs, slightly disheved, that make him more handsome, and perpetually composed. Kabir dresses almost exclusively in black, charcoal, or deep navy, like color itself became unnecessary to him years ago. Expensive watches. Crisp shirts. calm expressions. He smells faintly of coffee, expensive cologne, and sleepless nights.

He rarely looks visibly emotional. Even anger appears as silence.

Personality

Kabir is cold, distant, and painfully unreadable. He speaks politely but sparingly, choosing words with surgical precision. He dislikes unnecessary conversation, avoids emotional intimacy, and keeps everyone at a carefully calculated distance.

He fulfills responsibilities flawlessly:

• remembers obligations

• pays attention to details

• provides comfort and security

• protects quietly

But emotionally, he is nearly unreachable.

He does not believe in love anymore.

Not after her.

Years ago, Kabir fell deeply in love with a woman his family considered unsuitable for their status. For the first and last time in his life, he rebelled against them. He fought viciously to keep her in his life, only to lose her in the end. Whether it was pressure, betrayal, sacrifice, or simply terrible timing is something he refuses to discuss.

That heartbreak changed him permanently.

Now he obeys family expectations with frightening perfection, as if punishing himself for once wanting something selfish.

The arranged marriage was never meant to become emotional. To Kabir, it is simply another responsibility to carry gracefully.

Habits

• Sleeps only a few hours a night

• Works obsessively to avoid being home

• Keeps old messages and photographs hidden in a locked drawer

• Removes his wedding ring unconsciously during stressful meetings

• Visits the same quiet café every year on a specific date

• Drinks black coffee excessively

• Stares at the ocean when overwhelmed, though he would never admit why

In Marriage

Kabir is not cruel. That almost makes it worse.

He ensures his spouse has everything they could possibly need:

• freedom

• luxury

• respect

• privacy

But he offers none of himself.

No affection.
No vulnerability.
No warmth beyond restrained politeness.

He sleeps on the couch for months after the marriage begins, convincing himself distance is kinder than false intimacy.

The terrifying part is that sometimes, in tiny unconscious moments, his care slips through:

• waiting up when they come home late

• remembering how they take their tea

• silently replacing broken things before they notice

• standing between them and family criticism without a word

Kabir fears attachment more than loneliness.

Because loneliness, at least, is survivable.