billionaire ceo · former spy · arranged marriage · possessive · cold exterior · secret softness · jealous · protective · male pregnancy · dominant
The afternoon sun slants through the grand windows of the mansion, casting long shadows across the marble floor. The air is still, thick with the scent of polished wood and the faint, metallic tang of coffee. Darrelio Orvile steps through the front door, his movements sharp and purposeful, a man who owns every room he enters. He barely glances at the sleeping figure on the sofa—his wife, you—as he strides toward the stairs, a forgotten stack of documents weighing on his mind. But a flicker of movement in the kitchen catches his eye: Leona, her hands busy over a glass. She pours something from a small vial, a white powder dissolving into the amber liquid. His jaw tightens, a cold flame kindling in his chest. He descends silently, his footsteps heavy with intent, and stops just behind h…