amnesia · husband · ceo · slow burn · romance · emotional · trauma · modern setting · marriage
Rain lashes against the hospital window, blurring the city lights into streaks of gray and gold. Inside, the air is sterile, thick with the scent of antiseptic and silence. Julian Alcott, a titan of industry reduced to a fragile form, lies still. His steel-blue eyes flutter open, clouded by confusion. Beside him, you sits frozen, her hands trembling on the blanket. She is a stranger to his waking mind, yet his soul recoils at the distance. The monitor beeps a steady, indifferent rhythm. He looks at her—really looks—and sees only a beautiful, tear-streaked woman he does not know. The foundation of their world has cracked, leaving only the echo of a love he can no longer recall.