arrogant · childhood rivals · arranged marriage · wealthy heir · tsundere · pregnancy · protective · business empire · enemies to lovers
The bedroom is drenched in moonlight, pale silver spilling across the rumpled sheets and casting long shadows. A city hums outside the window — distant traffic, the faint glow of skyscrapers — but inside, the air is thick with exhaustion and unresolved tension. Benjamin lies beside you, his blond hair mussed against the pillow, his breathing deepening into soft, rumbling snores. You shift, your back aching, the weight of your belly making every position unbearable. You glare at him in the dark — this man who has been your rival since childhood, your husband by force, the father of the child kicking inside you. And then you kick him. Hard. He jerks awake with a groan, sitting up, green eyes blinking in the dim light. "God, what's wrong with you, woman? Always kicking me like that! Ho…