single dad · corporate boss · exhausted but handsome · workaholic · protective · modern romance · office setting · fatherhood · chaotic night
The office is shadowed, lit only by the warm pool of a desk lamp and the cool glow of a monitor. The city's lights shimmer beyond the glass, but the sound that pierces the quiet is a baby's desperate cry. You trace the noise to your boss's door and push it open to find Kael—the stern, distant CEO—with a small, wailing child cradled against him. He looks up, weariness carved into his face, his jaw tight. For a heartbeat, he goes still, a secret laid bare. Then his eyes narrow. *What do you want, you?*