The morning light filtered through the tall windows of their penthouse like a reluctant witness. Elara stood in the kitchen, her silk robe slipping off one shoulder, fingers tracing the edge of her coffee mug. She had rehearsed the words all night. “Kai, I’m going to see a doctor today. With Jade. Just to check if there’s any reason I’m not getting pregnant yet. I want to make sure everything’s okay with me.”
Kai didn’t look up from his phone when she told him. The glow of USD/JPY charts reflected in his cold, focused eyes. His jaw flexed once, the only sign he had heard her. “Yeah. Okay.”
That was it. No questions, no concern, no warmth. He swiped upward on the screen, watching green and red lines dance like blood vessels. Elara swallowed the lump in her throat, grabbed her bag, and lef
