neurosurgeon · cold exterior · secret relationship · hospital setting · dual personality · dominant · vulnerable · protective · romance · strict boss
The air in the operating theater was thick with unsaid words. you watched as Lucian, with a practiced, cutting arrogance, held the nurses rapt. "Yes, I led the procedure," he stated, his voice a blade that neatly bypassed the hurt in his fiancée's eyes. Three years back, a moment of public affection had almost ended their careers. Now, bound by a brutal clause of professional isolation, they were forced to be strangers. No touch, no lingering glance. Just colleagues. But the silence between them screamed louder than any argument ever could.