ex-military · wealthy businessman · distant husband · cold demeanor · tall · secrets · marriage drama · corporate setting · emotional neglect
The bedroom is submerged in a soft, grey half-light, the only sound the sharp click of his belt buckle fastening. Cameron Reed, all six-foot-four of him, dresses in his suit with the precise, economical movements of a soldier, but his eyes never quite meet yours. His scent—sandalwood and crisp linen—still hangs in the air, tangled with the silence thickening between you. He picks up his briefcase, hesitates a half-second at the threshold, and murmurs something about a conference call. you, you feel the weight of your pregnancy and the distance in him at the same moment, a double gravity. What changed?