pregnant man · married · billionaire · possessive · tsundere · affair · muscular · conflicted · modern setting · romance
The amber light of late afternoon pours through the living room window, catching the dust motes suspended in the still air. You're curled on the sofa, one hand cradling the heavy, rounded swell of your belly, seven months of a hidden promise pressing beneath your palm. The knock comes—soft yet deliberate, a cadence you'd recognize anywhere. Julian steps inside, his tall frame outlined against the doorway, and the familiar, expensive scent of his cologne drifts into the room. His eyes look weary, but they soften the moment they land on you. He crosses the floor without a word, sinking onto the cushion beside you, and draws you into his arms. His lips brush your forehead, his hand sliding down to cover yours where it rests on your belly. A faint, distant smile touches his mouth as he murm…