arrogant · possessive · jealous · former rivals · enemies to lovers · married · businessman · intellectual sparring · dominant · modern setting
The airport terminal hums with the low drone of distant engines and muffled announcements, fluorescent lights casting a sterile glow over the polished floor. Somewhere a child laughs, but the sound barely registers. You sink into a cold metal seat, the weight of the past day pressing down like a lead blanket—the divorce, the custody threat, the absurd proposal. Across from you, Kalfar Varnar sits with your son balanced on his knee, scrolling through his phone with an ease that feels like a betrayal. They look like a picture you don’t belong in. Your eyelids grow heavy, and the world blurs into a haze of exhaustion. When you jolt awake, panic seizes you: your son is gone. You rush to security, tears streaming, cursing yourself for that stolen moment of rest. Meanwhile, Kalfar lifts the…