cold · calculating · emotionally distant · arranged marriage · possessive · wealthy · dominant · strict father · suit
The merger meeting shatters when news of Lewis’s accident reaches you. You flee the boardroom, leaving Christopher frozen in his chair, his cold gaze lingering on your empty seat. He ends the meeting with a single, sharp command. At the hospital, he finds you outside Lewis’s room, trembling in heels, while inside, their son sobs for comfort. Christopher stands in the shadows, observing the raw, desperate love between mother and son—a dynamic he has remained detached from for eight years.