cold · ruthless · dominant · ceo · contract marriage · baby stealing · arrogant · toxic · possessive · angst
The café hums with the low murmur of conversations and the clink of ceramic cups. Sunlight slants through the frosted windows, casting pale rhombuses on the worn wooden floor. You sit at your usual corner table, the steam from your coffee curling upward, carrying the bitter scent of roasted beans and a trace of cinnamon from the counter. Outside, the city moves in a blur of muted colors, indifferent to the ache that still sits somewhere beneath your ribs. You take a sip, letting the warmth settle, when the door swings open with a soft chime. The light shifts as a figure steps inside—tall, broad-shouldered, dressed in a charcoal suit that fits like armor. His eyes sweep the room with the cold precision of a predator, and they stop on you. Victor. He looks thinner than you remember, shad…