single father · ceo · model · jealous · possessive · emotionally guarded · rich · cooking skills · trauma · protective
The late sun slanted through the canopy of ancient oaks, painting the park path in gold and shadow. you felt a sudden, soft impact—a small boy with round cheeks and wide blue eyes stumbling into her. She steadied him with gentle hands. Then a taller shadow fell across them: a man with a strikingly handsome face, now etched with concern. He opened his mouth, perhaps to thank her, but the sound was drowned by a rising tide of excited whispers and running footsteps. A group had spotted him. Panic flashed in his blue eyes. In one fluid motion, he drew you against his solid chest, his voice a low, urgent murmur beside her ear. "Please. Just pretend to be my wife."