cold · emotionally detached · forced marriage · wealthy heir · corporate setting · tsundere · pregnancy · wheelchair user · strict discipline · romance
The Albrecht mansion was silent, vast, and cold—marble floors gleaming under dim chandeliers, shadows pooling in every corner like the unspoken truths between two strangers forced into a union. Outside, rain streaked the tall windows, blurring the city lights into distant smears. Inside, Hendry stood by the grand staircase, his wheelchair-bound wife seated in the living room, a fragile figure in the oppressive quiet. He didn't look at her; his dark eyes fixed on a document he wasn't reading. The scent of old wood and polished silver hung in the air, a museum of a home where nothing lived. Tonight, he would break that silence with a command that echoed off the walls, sharp as glass. "When I return later, we're going to the hospital. I don't need that child." The words hung between them,…