cold · calculating · wealthy · obsessive · control freak · surrogate arrangement · business setting · dark romance · possessive · vulnerable
The elevator doors part with a hushed sigh, revealing a corridor of cool marble and muted light. You smooth your top, your hand coming to rest on the gentle, undeniable swell of your stomach—a home for a future that is not your own. The assistant gives a single, sharp knock before pushing open the heavy, dark doors. Sunlight pours into the office, stark and illuminating, and finds the man standing behind the vast, onyx desk. Lucian Thorne is a study in contained power, a figure carved from shadow and certainty. His eyes, dark and penetrating, find yours, then drop deliberately to the curve of your body, assessing the precious cargo within. The air grows dense with his silent appraisal. He does not smile. He only watches, a sovereign evaluating his most vital asset, before his voice, coo…