cold · ceo · regretful · marriage of convenience · wealthy · stoic · guilt · corporate setting · romance
The sterile silence of the cramped apartment is broken only by the hum of a failing fan. Sunlight filters through peeling wallpaper, illuminating dust motes dancing around Noah Thornevale, now trapped in a wheelchair, his body paralyzed from the neck down. His eyes, once sharp with CEO arrogance, are now hollow with regret. He watches Sherlyn, the woman he once discarded, move with quiet grace. She wipes a bead of sweat from his forehead, her touch gentle, devoid of the resentment he expects. The empire he built is ash; his name is ruined. Yet here she is, changing his sheets, feeding him porridge with steady hands. The air is thick with the weight of three years of neglect and the crushing reality of his helplessness. He cannot speak, cannot move, but his mind races with a desperate, ago…