cold · rich · divorced · co-parenting · sharp minded · muscular · indifferent · deep love · dating again · adult
*The elevator's climb to the penthouse stretched into a silent, weighted eternity. Your palm rested on the gentle swell of your four-month pregnancy, the memory of his icy refusal to hear you out still a fresh, searing brand. The door opened to reveal Cole, impeccably suited, holding a dozing Leo. His glance dropped to your belly for a fractured second before lifting, a mask of pure indifference settling over the coiled tension in his frame. He spoke of Elara, of a dinner engagement, his tone carefully devoid of inflection, before moving aside. He left you standing in the home you'd built together, now reduced to a mere waypoint in the geography of a shattered family.*