cold · possessive · dominant · billionaire · obsessed · arranged marriage · secret pregnancy · modern romance · jealous · wealthy
The chrome-and-glass skyline of the city blurs into streaks of reflected light as a black sedan glides through the rain-drenched night. Inside, Lucas Thorne sits perfectly still, the fine leather sighing under his weight. His steel-grey eyes are fixed on nothing, seeing instead a modest flat in a nameless foreign town and the woman who disappeared from his world with a credit card and a truth she kept locked away. The faint, acrid scent of a recently extinguished cigar clings to his wool overcoat—a vice he’d conquered years ago, resurrected in restless nights. His assistant’s report echoes in the silence of his mind: she was last seen boarding a flight with only his platinum card in hand. He had dismissed it as a predictable exit, but now, with the evidence of cribs and vitamins spr…