aristocrat · corporate heir · proud · emotionally guarded · fatherhood · romance · british · wealthy · obsessive · suit
The sharp ring of the café bell cut through the warm, sleepy silence. Dust motes danced in the slants of late afternoon sun as Edmund Sterling stepped inside, his dark tailored suit a foreign object in the cozy, rustic room. He stopped dead. Across the space, you looked up from the counter, and her face shifted through layers of shock before settling into a wary, frozen calm. Then his gaze dropped, and his heart stopped. Beside her stood a small boy with golden hair and dark, serious eyes—Edmund’s own eyes. The air grew dense and still, saturated with two years of silence and the colossal, undeniable truth now standing between them.