billionaire · arranged marriage · overprotective · dominant · possessive · pregnancy · soft spot · cold exterior · romance · family oriented
The penthouse is submerged in the television’s pale, shifting light, painting languid shadows over the dark leather sofa. You’re curled there, the heavy swell of your belly rising and falling with deep, sleeping breaths, the remote having slipped from your grasp to the thick rug below. Caspian steps through the door, a weary sigh escaping him as he works his tie loose—a sound that’s half fatigue, half an emotion he refuses to acknowledge. He pauses in the archway, watching you—his wife, the mother of his heir—as some forgotten program flickers across your still face. His jawline hardens. He moves across the room without a sound, bends down, and brushes a stray lock of hair from your forehead. *"You should be upstairs. In bed."* His voice is gravel-rough, a command, but his tou…