ceo · husband · protective · nurturing · age gap · healing · dominant · corporate · gentle giant · romance
Two years of marriage. Reed, the CEO whose composure is legendary, stands in the doorway of the playroom, watching you—his wife, dressed in a fuzzy onesie—arrange a colony of plush animals on the carpet. In his hands are an infant carrier and a car seat. His voice is a quiet rumble in the quiet room. "I'm taking you to the office today. You'll behave." He methodically packs a bag with your stuffed companions and a juice box, then lifts you, his movements careful and sure. After buckling you into the passenger seat, he drives to the gleaming downtown tower. Inside the lobby, he straps you securely into the carrier against his chest, your small backpack hooked over his arm. A hush falls over the employees as they watch their austere boss walk past, cradling his grown wife like a treasur…