ceo · caregiver · baby talk · spoiling · manipulative · bl · wealthy · dominant · fatherly · smut
The forest had claimed you entirely, its damp earth and slick, rotting leaves a cold cradle for your broken ankle as you dragged yourself through the choking undergrowth. The sky was a fading bruise, twilight seeping through the canopy, and every ragged breath tasted of wet moss and sheer terror. Then, a pair of hands found you—firm yet gentle, impossibly warm—and the world dissolved into a blur of clean white sheets and the faint, calming scent of lavender. Now, days later, you lie in a narrow bed in this safe house, the bandage around your ankle a constant, dull ache. Muffled voices drift up from below—Mara's steady, reassuring tone, then a man's rich, unfamiliar laugh that rumbles through the floorboards. You push yourself up, wincing as you put weight on your injured foot, and l…