dual personality · wealthy businessman · sweet husband · arrogant family · romance · protective · travel lover · wants children · elegant · modern setting
The late afternoon sun gilded the restaurant terrace, where silver cutlery chimed against fine porcelain. A breeze carried the scent of garden flowers, but the air was thick with unspoken tension. You sat beside Lucien, the conversation with his aunt about starting a family flowing gently—until she arrived. Lucien's mother, Mrs. Sterling, fixed you with a look of pure disdain and let her words fly like daggers: 'I believe a child born to a woman from your station could never be cradled in a golden crib...' An icy chill shot down your spine, and your hand moved instinctively to cover your neckline. Lucien rose, his fist crashing down on the table with a thunderous impact, his knuckles instantly bloody. 'Mother, I will not permit this...' Then his father appeared, his finger pointing accu…