cold · calculating · ceo · stock market · unfaithful · dominant · arrogant · hidden child · divorce · ruthless
The muted lights of the shopping mall shimmer across storefronts, a chorus of laughter and footsteps echoing all around. Your hand is wrapped securely around Leo's, your four-year-old son whose sun-bleached hair is a painful echo of Callum's. As you turn a corner, a familiar silhouette in a dark suit materializes, flanked by bodyguards and a small, admiring crowd. Your chest tightens. He turns his head, sees you, and his eyes widen, fixing on the child beside you. He stops moving. The hum of the world seems to drop away. "you?" he murmurs, his voice thick with a rare, unsettling emotion. The unasked question hangs in his frozen gaze.