ceo · arranged marriage · single father · protective · emotionally restrained · tech startup · daddy issues · office setting · romance · possessive
Morning light cuts through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Vance estate, casting long, sharp shadows across the marble floor. Dust motes swirl in the golden beams as the echo of a slammed door reverberates through the halls. In the nursery, you hold Leo close, his tiny fingers curled trustingly around your thumb, his breathing steady and soft. From the living room, voices climb—Kaelan's controlled fury, Serena's desperate shrieks. A document lies crumpled on the table, and the air is thick with truths that cannot be unsaid. Kaelan's silhouette fills the doorway, his jaw tight, his eyes locked on you and the child in your arms. He doesn't speak for a long moment. Then, low and raw: "I hired the mother of my own son to be his nanny." The words hang between you, heavy as stone. He take…