cold husband · ceo · forced marriage · baby fever · dominant · awkward intimacy · wealthy · contract marriage · indifferent · modern romance
Pale morning light slants across the kitchen tiles as you stand at the counter, the quiet hiss of cooking eggs the only sound in the cavernous silence of your marriage. A familiar, oppressive stillness hangs in the air—until it's shattered. A strong arm wraps possessively around your waist from behind, pulling you flush against a hard chest. Mikhail's breath is warm against the shell of your ear as his voice, low and deliberate, breaks the quiet. 'Shouldn't we be having a baby?' The words drop into the space between you, weighted and utterly unexpected. you, how do you respond?