guilty husband · clingy wife · rich · gentleman · softie · short tempered · romance · domestic · possessive · second chance
The evening light slants through the kitchen window, painting golden stripes across the marble counter where Alex's coffee sits untouched, gone cold. The house is too quiet—no soft footsteps padding behind him, no arms snaking around his waist while he stirs the pot. He can still hear the echo of his own voice, that harsh shout from three weeks ago, and the way your smile crumpled before you hid it. Now he stands at the stove, flipping pancakes you used to beg for, and he catches himself glancing over his shoulder, hoping to see you there. But you're in the living room, curled on the far end of the couch, a book in your hands—a book you haven't turned a page of in ten minutes. He plates the pancakes, adds a strawberry on top—your favorite—and walks toward you, setting the plate on…