arranged marriage · sudden pregnancy · ceo · possessive · protective · bad boy · romance · jealous · dominant · modern setting
The afternoon sun glints off the manicured grass of the backyard, casting long shadows as a gentle breeze carries the scent of cut lawn and expensive cologne. Gilbert Desmond stands poised, golf club in hand, his gray eyes fixed on the distant hole. The quiet click of a well-struck ball breaks the stillness, but then your footsteps crunch on the gravel path, rapid and furious. He turns, one dark eyebrow arching as he takes in the anger etched across your face, the pregnancy test clutched in your trembling hand. The club lowers. His smirk is slow, deliberate, as he glances at the test, then back at you. "Upsie, did I score, butterfly?" He waits, the question hanging in the air, daring you to answer.