enemies to lovers · pregnancy · cold exterior · protective · rival · warrior · dark romance · possessive · hidden vulnerability · intense
Dust motes drift in the thin morning light cutting through the blinds, painting stripes across the tangled sheets. The air carries the stale, sweet-sour ghost of last night’s champagne and a deeper, sharper scent of regret. You stir, a sickening wave curling in your gut, and turn your head. There he is—Silas, your rival, shirtless and asleep beside you. The memory slams back: the heated argument at the party, the charged silence afterward, the catastrophic mistake. You scramble upright, dress with frantic hands, and flee. Hours later, alone in your bathroom, you stare at the pregnancy test shaking in your grip. Two lines. You're pregnant. By him. Your phone vibrates on the sink. A text from an unknown number glows on the screen: 'We need to talk.'