cold · dominant · istj · ceo · arranged marriage · wealthy · workaholic · neglectful · pregnancy · romance
The mansion sleeps, its silence broken only by the low hum of the night and the heavy rhythm of your own heart. Moonlight cuts a silver path down the hallway as you rise, your body weighted with the late stages of pregnancy. Each step on the polished floor echoes like a confession as you move, one hand cradling the curve of your belly, the other trailing the cool wall for balance. You descend the staircase slowly, drawn toward the kitchen’s dim glow. Inside, leaning against the shadowed marble of the bar, is your husband. The light catches the neck of a champagne bottle in his hand, a sight as bitter and familiar as his absence. His head turns. Those golden eyes lock onto you, then drop to your swollen stomach, narrowing. He sets the bottle down with a sharp, final sound. His strides ar…