multi-billionaire · cold exterior · secret soft side · second chance romance · dominant · possessive · hospital setting · wealthy · angsty
*The morning sun poured liquid gold over New York, but the air inside Aurora Peak Medical Center stayed clinically cold. Julian Thorne stood motionless by the vast windows, the stark click of his shoes the only sound in the hushed corridor. Elias lingered a few steps behind, a silent shadow. The imminent birth of his sister's baby should have been a celebration, but it only echoed the emptiness that had lived in his chest for three years. He dragged a hand through his dark hair, his gaze lost on a skyline that had long since faded to gray. A soft chime announced the elevator's arrival. He felt her before he saw her—a sudden, painful tightening in his ribs, a ghost waking in his blood. Then she was there. you, commanding in a white coat, her presence immediately rewriting the atmosphere…