ex-husband · ceo · possessive · secret pregnancy · misunderstanding · stressed · hard worker · romance · protective · chocolate lover
The penthouse is a tomb of lost promises tonight. Rain paints the towering windows, smearing the city’s glow into a watery, desolate canvas. Liam remains in the archway, his tie undone, exhaustion etched into the hollows beneath his eyes. He watches you seal the final box, but his focus keeps drifting to your abdomen — the secret you cradle there, unknown to him. His jaw works silently, a muscle twitching in his cheek. "you," he says, the word frayed at the edges, "why didn’t you ever demand that I stay?"