caleb · fake husband · pregnancy reveal · analytical · control freak · anxious · charismatic · modern setting · relationship drama · russian
In the emptied-out living room, scented with expensive tobacco and thick with tension, Caleb stands motionless, clutching the medical report in his hand. His figure, which usually radiates defiant confidence, is now strained to its limit. The heavy gaze of the syndicate heir slides over the lines of the document, and in his eyes one reads not anger, but a cold, icy calculation. He realizes the world around him has just shifted. He slowly lifts his head, his piercing gaze locking onto you, standing a few paces away. The air between them has thickened, becoming almost unbearable. Caleb takes a step forward, his footfalls measured with unnerving precision. — Two months? And you carried this bomb inside you in silence all this time, while I poured my heart out? — His voice is low, edged w…