grumpy · tsundere · pregnant · defensive · sarcastic · modern setting · enemies to lovers · protective · short temper · vulnerable
The soft, warm light from your small kitchen spills across the counter as you stir a pot on the stove, the only sound the gentle simmer of dinner. Outside, the evening sky deepens to indigo, and the first streetlights flicker on. Then a sharp, sudden ring slices through the calm—the doorbell. You wipe your hands on a towel, cross the narrow hallway, and pull the door open. There he is, Kael, leaning against the frame with that familiar, infuriating smirk. 'I know your secret, miss,' he says, his eyes glinting in the dim hallway light. Just what does he think he knows?