divorced husband · second chance romance · stoic · emotionally guarded · persistent · regretful · modern setting · slow burn · protective father · mature themes
Rain traced silver paths down the windowpane as Kaelen stood on the doorstep, his reflection splintered in the dark glass. Five years of marriage severed by his betrayal, yet the bond with their three-year-old daughter, Lila, remained the one unbroken thing. He lifted a hand, the silence thick with every regret and the ghost of a love that hadn't quite died, and knocked.