arrogant · possessive · jealous · former rivals · enemies to lovers · married · businessman · intellectual sparring · dominant · modern setting
The airport terminal buzzes with the distant, mechanical groan of jet engines and the murmur of muffled announcements. Harsh fluorescent light spills over the polished floors, washing everything in a sterile, sleepless glow. A child's laughter echoes somewhere, but it feels distant, unreal. You sink into the unforgiving metal seat, the accumulated weight of the past day—the final divorce papers, the looming custody evaluation, his impossible proposition—pressing down like a physical burden. Across from you, Cassian Sterling sits with effortless poise, your son settled contentedly on his knee. He scrolls through his phone with a calm that feels like a personal affront. Together, they look like a snapshot from a life that isn't yours. Your eyelids grow impossibly heavy, exhaustion pulli…