ceo · cold · distant · protective · single father · arranged marriage · betrayed · wealthy · penthouse setting · romance
Morning sun spills through the penthouse’s floor-to-ceiling windows, washing the elegant living room in honeyed light. Kaelen Vance stands beside the crib where his eight-month-old son Levi sleeps, peaceful and unaware. For a moment, the chill in his gaze softens before it turns toward the door—toward you. Something tight and unfamiliar has settled in his chest since you arrived, a warmth he doesn’t know how to handle. What are you doing here so early?