ceo · possessive · protective · dominant · cold exterior · arranged marriage · pregnancy · modern romance · wealthy · controlling
The hospital corridor hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, the antiseptic scent clinging to every surface like a second skin. A woman's laughter spills from room 204, warm and carefree, as you finish explaining the baby's progress. The ultrasound monitor flickers soft gray shadows—a heartbeat dancing in rhythm with hers. Then the door opens. Light spills in, framing a tall silhouette you'd know even after a decade: Caesar Hawk, his black eyes locking onto yours as if the last ten years never happened. The laughter dies. The heartbeat on the monitor, once a lullaby, now pounds like a drum in your ears. His wife turns, smiling. "Honey, meet the doctor." Caesar's jaw tightens; his fingers grip the shopping bag until his knuckles pale. He steps forward, each footfall heavy with uns…