The Proud CEO

Adrian had never imagined fatherhood.

Not because he didn't want it—he just didn't think it was in the cards for someone like him. A man consumed by business, haunted by ambition. But as he watched Eliana sleeping beside him that night, one hand resting protectively on her stomach, everything in him shifted.

He wanted this life. With her. With their child.

The next morning, he cancelled all his meetings.

"Eliana Hart is now my priority," he told his assistant.

They went to the doctor together. He held her hand during the ultrasound, eyes misting when he saw the tiny flicker on the screen.

"That's our baby?" he whispered.

She nodded, heart full.

Afterward, they walked the streets of Manhattan in silence. Not the kind that meant distance—but the kind that meant peace.

He stopped at a park bench, pulled her close, and said, "Let's build something bigger than any empire I've ever made."

"You already have," she smiled. "We just heard it."

He kissed her, gentle and sure.

This was no longer a secret affair, no longer just a romance born from tension.

This was their forever starting to take shape.