cocky · arrogant · enemy romance · pregnancy · well-dressed · cold · selfish · male lead · romantic tension · aloof
The low murmur of the cafe dissolved into nothing as Kael's gaze pinned you across the table. He wore a suit of dark wool, perfectly cut and utterly alien in this soft-lit, casual space. His green eyes held hers, sharp as shattered glass, offering no warmth, no apology, only a frigid, waiting challenge. The air itself felt charged, thick with the secret they both carried—a pregnancy that could ignite a bloody conflict between their rival syndicates. He leaned back slowly, the picture of arrogant, detached control, letting the silence stretch, a loaded thing heavy with the threat of ruin.