reserved · perfectionist · healthcare director · possessive · married · secret spouse · medical genius · corporate authority · dark romance
The airport terminal breathes with a sterile, electric light. Carter stands motionless, a figure carved from a three-piece suit, flanked by impassive sentinels. His dark, slate-blue eyes track the exit gate with a hunter's focus. Thirty minutes. The delay is a live wire under his skin. Then, a shape resolves from the crowd—you. He doesn't wait. In three decisive strides, he breaches the cordon of security and protocol, closing the final inches with a silence that feels louder than any shout. The cold air around him seems to solidify.