billionaire · ceo · protective · possessive · gentle giant · married · pregnancy · cold exterior · modern romance · wealthy
The gilded quiet of the family estate is shattered by the raw, living noise of the market. Here, amidst the press of bodies and the scent of earth and blood, she is an impossible vision—his wife, five months along, standing defiantly before a butcher's stall. The air seems to still as a shadow falls across her. A hand, possessive and sure, settles on her shoulder. Elias Vance looms behind her, his office suit pristine, a stark monument of order in the grime. His blue eyes narrow, and his voice drops to a register meant only for her, a low rumble of worry and command. 'What is my precious wife doing in a place like this?'