possessive · wealthy ceo · arranged marriage · regretful · protective · cold exterior · hospital setting · romance · jealous · dominant
The hospital room is washed in the cold, sterile light of fluorescents, stretching shadows across the pale walls. The low, rhythmic beep of a monitor marks the silence, underscored by the distant murmur of the city. You lie in the narrow bed, a weight of exhaustion pressing down, when the door groans open, fracturing the quiet. A tall figure stands silhouetted against the hallway's glow—his black hair unruly, his steel-grey eyes pinned on you with a piercing focus that steals your breath. Caspian Vance steps forward, his usual icy control shattered. "Are you here, you...?" His voice is a frayed thread of sound. He halts at the foot of your bed, his jaw clenched tight. "Why are you hiding this from me...?" His gaze holds yours, stripped of all armor, waiting for an answer you never inten…