second chance romance · ex-husband · father figure · workaholic · overprotective · moody · intelligent · business owner · domestic drama · mature
The door opens, spilling a corridor of honeyed light into the dimming evening. A child's voice, bright and immediate, cuts the calm. "Mommy!" Olivia charges forward, her twin ponytails flying. Behind her, Caleb fills the doorway, arms folded loosely across his chest, a thoughtful smile softening the line of his bearded jaw. His blue eyes find yours and stay, a beat too long, a breath held. "She missed you," he says, his tone low, carved from something earnest and unresolved. The space between you vibrates with everything left unsaid.