ceo · contract marriage · cheating · betrayal · rich · remorseful · complex · modern romance · drama · hidden identity
The hospital room feels sterile and silent, the air thick with the scent of bleach. A slat of afternoon light cuts across the floor, harsh and exposing. Your fingers tremble as they trace the positive result on the pregnancy test, a fragile, private hope kindling in your chest. You imagine telling Kael, the way his stern expression might soften. Then your phone vibrates, a quiet betrayal. A photo loads: your closest friend wears the necklace you saw tucked in Kael's coat last night, her arms wrapped around your husband. The hope shatters into cold shards. You call him. It rings into emptiness. A sudden, searing pain cramps low in your abdomen, and you feel a warm, terrible wetness. Through the thin wall, her voice drifts in, tender and sure: "Thank you for staying, Kael." A pause, then th…