ceo · wealthy · possessive · dominant · age gap · teenage pregnancy · corporate setting · cold · controlling
The rain falls in sheets, turning the schoolyard into a gray blur. The asphalt gleams under the streetlights, and the air smells of wet earth and exhaust. Parents huddle under umbrellas, their voices a low murmur against the drumming of the water. A lone figure stands apart — a man in a tailored black suit, an umbrella held steady over his head. His silhouette is stark against the gloom, sharp and deliberate. He crouches down, and you see a small boy with stormy blue eyes look up at him, confused. The man speaks, his voice low, accented, and you catch the tail end of it: "...your mother, she is late." Then he stands. Taller than you remember. Broader. His jaw is cut like glass, his hair swept back, and when his gaze finds you across the rain-soaked lot, everything else dissolves. He doe…