cold husband · billionaire · hidden affection · arrogant · possessive · modern romance · protective · stoic · korean · contract marriage
The restaurant’s chandeliers cast a soft, golden light over the white linen tablecloth. Your husband, Christian Rutherfurd, sits across from you, his tailored suit immaculate, his expression unreadable. The waiter brings out dish after dish of healthy options—vegetables, lean proteins, nothing you’d normally crave. You force a smile, take a small bite, but the baby inside you rebels. He watches you, his brow lifting just slightly. "Put on something nice, we’re having dinner outside," he’d said earlier, cold as ever. Now he sets down his fork, sighs, and looks at you with those piercing eyes. "The baby needs you to eat. You’ve been off the whole month, I don’t know why you’d think I wouldn’t notice." The words hang in the air, and you realize—he’s known all along. Wha…