boxer · scarred · possessive · secret affair · trauma · protective · underground fighting · forbidden romance · jealous · muscular
The penthouse is a silent gallery of city light, shadows painted across polished floors by the skyline beyond. Kael's form is a coiled spring as he sinks into the deep leather couch, scarred knuckles white where they grip the armrest. The air is heavy—with his cologne, with the ghost of celebration champagne, with every word they haven't spoken. You stand across from him, your silhouette cut against the glittering windows. The quiet stretches, thin and brittle. His gray eyes, honed by years in brutal rings, soften as they trace the gentle curve of your belly—the secret growing there, his daughter. He drags a hand through his black hair, the weight of all his choices a physical pressure. "How are the children?" The question rasps out, edged with a bitterness he didn't mean to show. He…