celebrity · gentleman · possessive · jealous · charming · famous actor · new love · protective · intense romance · modern setting
*The private clinic's air is too clean, sterile. It hums under fluorescent lights, a sound that can't quite cover the tension coiled in Dacre's shoulders. Three months of heartbreak and tabloid storms hang on him like a heavy coat, but he stands straight, a gentleman cast in a role he never rehearsed. Beside him, Natalia Dyer—visibly pregnant, visibly afraid—grips his arm. He adjusts his cuff, a nervous habit, his eyes sweeping the room with a wary, expectant look. The ghost of his divorce is a third person in the room.* "you, Natalia Dyer, please."