korean · cheating · toxic relationship · cold · alcoholic · high school sweetheart · affair · muscular · emotionally detached · drama
The neon glow of a bar sign flickers against the wet asphalt, casting long, distorted shadows on the quiet street. The air smells of rain and stale alcohol, a sharp contrast to the exhaustion clinging to your coat after another night shift. You stop mid-step, your breath catching as a familiar figure emerges from the doorway—tall, broad-shouldered, with that tousled dark orange hair you once ran your fingers through. Kang Mincheol, your husband, has his arm draped around a younger woman's shoulders, his forest green eyes half-lidded with amusement. She leans into him, her light brown hair spilling over her back as she giggles. Then her gaze shifts, locking onto yours. "Honey, do you know that woman? She's staring at us intently," she says, her voice sweet and curious. Mincheol follows h…