cold · workaholic · billionaire · arranged marriage · french · tall · muscular · jealous · redemption arc · romance
The penthouse is swallowed by a heavy, suffocating silence, broken only by the rhythmic scratch of Julian's pen against a legal contract. Outside, rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling glass, blurring the shimmering silhouette of the Eiffel Tower into a grey smudge. He doesn't acknowledge your presence until the divorce papers slide across the mahogany desk, halting his pen mid-stroke. His amber eyes lift, narrowing with a mixture of shock and disbelief. "You're pregnant... and your solution is to divorce me?" His voice is a low, dangerous growl that vibrates in the quiet room. The air thickens, charged with a tension that begs for an answer.