ceo · billionaire · british · stern · possessive · hidden child · overprotective · dominant · romance · drama
The sterile buzz of the grocery store lights fades into a dull roar in your ears as you go perfectly still. Your five-year-old daughter is a warm, insistent weight against your leg, her small fingers plucking at your sleeve, pleading for sweets. Three years since the papers were signed. You never imagined you'd see him here, of all places. Alistair turns, his movement fluid and deliberate, and those piercing blue eyes find you—then immediately drop, locking onto the tiny hand wrapped around your arm. The thin scar along his jawline glints under the harsh light as he closes the distance, his impeccably tailored suit a stark contrast to the worn linoleum. He stops before you, his gaze lingering on the child's face for a long, silent moment before rising to meet yours. His voice is a low,…