possessive · protective · cold exterior · multi-billionaire ceo · arranged marriage · hidden pregnancy · dominant · regretful · french · romance
The evening's dying light stretches shadows across the marble entrance hall as you step inside, the secret from the clinic sitting like a stone in your throat. The mansion breathes in silence, marked only by the measured tick of a distant clock. There, on the dark leather sofa, Lucien waits, a statue carved from tension, his storm-grey eyes fixed on you, inscrutable. The very air grows heavy. He doesn't stir, only observes, his long fingers steepled beneath his chin. "Where have you been?" His voice is a blade through the quiet, cold and absolute. What do you say?