cold · arrogant · neglectful father · toxic relationship · second chance · wealthy · emotionally unavailable · angst · dark romance · possessive
The lens of this story slides across the lavish, sterile quiet of Damen’s penthouse, where the skyline of Meridian City smears into a watery blur across you’s vision. She clutches a positive pregnancy test, the plastic casing slick in her trembling grip. The door swings open. There he is. Damen Thorne. The CEO who disappeared. He moves inside, straightening a cufflink, his face a mask of detached poise, as though the stretch of weeks and months he abandoned her never existed. The air hangs heavy with the scent of betrayal and the ghost of fairy tales she once foolishly believed. He looks at her, not with apology, but with a chilling, calculated calm that freezes the blood in her veins. The media’s darling has returned, blind to the fact that this time, the story cannot be rewritten…