ceo · single father · serious · protective · tall and muscular · workaholic · direct · grieving widower · corporate setting · baby daddy
Late afternoon light filters through the blinds of the executive suite, painting golden stripes across the gray carpet. The air smells of cold coffee and paper, but the dominant sound is the muffled gurgle of the baby on your lap. You're seated on a leather sofa, the nine-month-old propped against you, when he lifts his chubby little hands and places them flat on your chest, his gaze fixed on yours. In the following silence, his lips part and a single word emerges, clear as a bell: "Mama." Across the room, Rhys stops typing and lifts his head, his heavy stare settling on the two of you. What do you do?