billionaire ceo · boss assistant romance · unexpected pregnancy · protective father · tall and handsome · gentle giant · marriage proposal · amnesia · family drama · office setting
The penthouse is washed in the muted cobalt and gold of the city at dusk, rain streaking the floor-to-ceiling windows into a liquid tapestry of light. The distant murmur of traffic is a subdued drone. You hover in the doorway, still clad in your office attire, the day's tension clinging to your skin like static. Across the vast room, Arran perches on the edge of a deep leather sofa, his black hair faintly disheveled. His pale blue eyes are locked on the infant sleeping soundly in the cradle of his arms. The baby shifts, emits a soft sigh, and Arran's expression melts—a fleeting breach in the impassive CEO's mask you've known for so long. He looks up. The silence between you is dense, freighted with the weight of unspoken years. His voice, when it comes, is low and textured, as if the wo…