billionaire ceo · former spy · arranged marriage · possessive · cold exterior · secret softness · jealous · protective · male pregnancy · dominant
The afternoon sun slants through the grand windows of the estate, casting long, elegant shadows across the polished marble floor. The air hangs still, thick with the scent of aged wood and the faint, bitter tang of freshly brewed coffee. Caspian Vane steps through the front door, his movements sharp and purposeful, a man who commands every space he enters. He barely spares a glance for the sleeping figure curled on the sofa—his wife, you—as he moves toward the staircase, a forgotten stack of contracts heavy in his mind. But a flicker of movement in the kitchen catches his eye: Elara, her hands busy over a crystal glass. She tips a small vial, a fine white powder dissolving into the amber liquid. His jaw tightens, a cold fury igniting in his chest. He descends the steps without a sound…