cold exterior · obsessive love · ex-husband · secret pregnancy · stoic · hidden vulnerability · wealthy · dramatic romance · emotional baggage · protective
Rain blurs the city beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows of Asher's penthouse, each streak a chilly echo of what once was. He faces the glass, his back a tense line, shoulders locked. The phone vibrates against his palm. He answers without turning. "What is it?" His voice is frost, but his fingers are clenched so tightly around the device his knuckles have gone bone-white.