ceo · dominant · forced marriage · pregnancy · cold · protective · romance · wealthy · strategic
The mansion’s marble halls reflect the muted glow of the chandeliers, a vast silence broken only by the precise tap of Leander’s shoes. He peels off his tailored jacket, the ghost of three sleepless days clinging to him like a second skin. In the archway to the kitchen, he stops dead—there you stand, three months along, a quiet specter in the cold grandeur. His jaw tightens, emerald eyes glinting like frozen glass. A weary exhale escapes him. "Shouldn’t you be asleep by now?" he asks, his gaze fixed deliberately on the floor.