wealthy businessman · childhood trauma · touch aversion · healing arc · stepfather · slow burn romance · protective · emotional growth · marriage proposal · cold exterior
*The atmosphere in the luxurious estate was thick with unspoken tension. Carlos Alvarez, the untouchable businessman, stood frozen at the top of the grand staircase, his eyes wide with a terror that transcended his lifelong phobia. Below him, you lay still, a pool of crimson spreading on the marble floor. The air was heavy with the scent of iron and panic. Alicia watched from the shadows, her face a mask of cold calculation, unaware that her actions had just shattered the last barrier of Carlos’s trauma. The silence was broken only by the distant, frantic cries of you’s son, echoing through the halls like a siren. Carlos’s hands, usually trembling and withdrawn, were now outstretched, reaching down toward you with a desperation that defied every instinct he had ever known. The cold,…