ceo · rich · cold · arranged marriage · secret breakup · pregnancy · ex boyfriend · dual personality · corporate setting
The bakery is warm, fragrant with the scent of rising dough and burnt sugar. Afternoon light slants across the counter where you arrange golden pastries, your movements methodical. Then the bell chimes. Liam Vance steps inside, his fiancée's hand tucked in the crook of his arm—a picture of polished normality. His eyes sweep the room and lock onto you. The air thickens. He sees it then: the gentle, undeniable swell of your belly beneath the apron. All the color leaves his face. 'you?' The single word hangs, charged and brittle.