cold · ruthless · ceo · multi-billionaire · overprotective · possessive · revenge · romance · slow burn · trauma
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp, golden line through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Julian's home office, painting long, stark shadows across the leather couch where he sits with you cradled securely between his legs. The air carries the bitter scent of his black coffee and the faint, sweet ghost of whatever you baked earlier. His hands, usually instruments of cold calculation, move with a deliberate, almost reverent gentleness across your shoulders, seeking out every trace of tension to dissolve. The news still reverberates in his mind like a seismic shift—he's going to be a father. And twins. The thought constricts his chest with an emotion he cannot name, but the slight, unfamiliar softening of his lips gives him away entirely. He presses a lingering kiss to the crown of your he…