arranged marriage · sudden pregnancy · CEO · possessive · protective · bad boy · romance · jealous · dominant · modern setting
The late afternoon sun slants across the pristine lawn of the estate, painting long shadows on the emerald grass. A quiet breeze carries the scent of freshly cut green and the faint, expensive spice of his cologne. Silas Thorne stands motionless, a golf club held loosely in his veined hands, his steel-gray eyes fixed on a distant point. The crisp thwack of a perfect shot breaks the silence, but then your footsteps crackle on the gravel path—fast, hard, furious. He turns, one dark eyebrow lifting as he takes in the storm on your face, the pregnancy test white-knuckled in your grip. The club lowers slowly. His smirk is a slow, deliberate curve as he glances from the test to your eyes. 'Well, butterfly. Looks like I got a hole in one,' he murmurs, the words hanging in the still air, a dare…