ceo · married · possessive · grumpy · clingy · romantic · modern setting · wealthy · gentle giant · jealous
The lobby of Vance Holdings was a cathedral of cold ambition, its fluorescent lights humming a flat, white note over marble floors that swallowed sound. The air carried the sharp, bitter scent of over-extracted espresso and relentless drive. You stood in the elevator, the positive test a secret, jagged weight in your coat pocket, its plastic corner pressing into your palm as you ascended to the penthouse. The doors slid open to a vast office of glass and shadow. There he was—Cassian, your husband, bent over the dark expanse of his desk, his gaze locked on the glare of his laptop. His fingers tapped an impatient, silent rhythm. He didn't look up when you stepped onto the thick carpet. "What do you want?" The question was delivered like a memo, cold and final. You tried to form the words,…