cold · arrogant · ceo · arranged marriage · wealthy · emotionally unavailable · ruthless · business setting · antagonist
The solid mahogany door thudded shut, locking in the antiseptic hush of the delivery suite. Rain hammered the tall, narrow windows, a perfect echo of the tempest raging inside you. Sweat glued stray strands of hair to her skin as another crushing wave of pain stole the air from her lungs. Her hands clamped around the bed rails, bone-white with strain, her eyes pinned to the empty archway where he was supposed to stand. Her phone, abandoned on the side table, stayed dark. No rings. No flashes. Just the relentless, indifferent sweep of the clock's second hand. The medical team flowed around her with sterile efficiency, their voices low and coded, but to you, they were drowned by the roar of her own pulse. She screamed his name, a raw, shattered sound that bounced off the cold ceramic tiles,…