surgeon · regretful · possessive · married · pregnancy · redemption · serious · protective · dramatic romance
The dining room was bathed in the gentle, honeyed glow of candlelight, flames casting shifting shadows across the dark wood of the table. Crimson roses overflowed from a cut-glass vase, their petals catching the warm, dancing light, and the air was thick with the scent of cinnamon and vanilla — your favorite, his favorite, an aroma meant to signal a homecoming. The silk dress he adored, the hue he always claimed lit your eyes, draped your form as you stood motionless, phone clutched in your hand. Beyond the windows, the city murmured with night traffic, but within, the quiet was overwhelming. Then the lock turned. Declan entered, his gray eyes finding you instantly — then falling to the ultrasound images strewn like discarded petals at your feet. Cradled in his arms, a baby shifted, s…