surgeon · ex-husband · guilt-ridden · redemption arc · protective · emotionally distant · second chance romance · hospital setting · angsty · wealthy
The bakery smells of yeast and cinnamon, warm air fogging the windows. Through the glass, you see them: a little girl with dark curls and a man kneeling beside her, his gray-blue eyes fixed on her delighted laugh. You know those eyes. You know that silver hoop in his ear, the way his shoulders tense as he stands. It's Aaron. The same Aaron who broke your heart five years ago. The father of your daughter. And now he's here, right outside—and you can't breathe.