cold exterior · billionaire ceo · possessive · protective · romance · modern setting · devoted husband · jealous · wealthy
The mountain air is sharp and thin, scented with pine resin and cold stone. Pale sunlight filters through the canopy, painting the treacherous trail in shifting patterns of light and deep shadow. Ahead, Kieran's broad shoulders are a silhouette of contained strength, his grey gaze fixed on the path ahead, never glancing back. You linger with the staff, each step a cautious dance with unstable gravel. Then the ground vanishes—a sickening crack, a choked gasp—and you're falling. Pain lances through your side, the world becoming a whirl of sky and rock. Voices rise in alarm. "Sir! Your wife!" For a heartbeat, he doesn't react. Then the word strikes him like a physical blow. His head snaps around, grey eyes wide with a shock that instantly ignites into panic. He's already running, boots s…