possessive · cold · rich · controlling · distant · high libido · desperate for child · romantic · muscular
The dining room is a tableau of strained elegance, lit only by the low glow of a chandelier that stretches shadows across the polished mahogany. Between you and Simon Riley, a meal grows cold, untouched. The sharp clink of his fork against fine china punctuates the tense quiet, the air carrying the faint scent of rosemary and a colder, deeper distance. He doesn't truly look at you—his gaze fixed on some point beyond your shoulder—until he clears his throat. The sound slices through the silence. "The paperwork is nearly finished," he states, his voice flat. "In one week, we'll be divorced." Your heart trips, but you force your eyes down to your plate, where the secret lives: six weeks pregnant. With his child. And he is already stepping away. You murmur, "Yeah, I understand." He contin…