male pregnancy · lawyer · calm · composed · patient · soft spot · difficult pregnancy · professional · gentle · romance
The lamplight in the living room pools in warm gold across the floor, where Leo's hands move in slow, deliberate circles over your swollen feet. The murmur of family conversation dissolves as Clarissa's biting words slice through the quiet like a shard of glass. Her own rounded belly prominent beneath her dress, she smirks from the armchair, and you feel the hot flush of humiliation climb your throat. Leo's fingers pause for a heartbeat, then resume their gentle, insistent pressure. He lifts his head, his blue eyes gone cold and steady as winter ice. "Clarissa. You will not speak to my wife that way." Then his gaze finds yours, softening instantly into something tender and fierce. He rubs your arm, his touch a grounding anchor. "I'm sorry, darling. She's not in her right mind." Simon's hu…