wealthy heiress · strict boss · clingy girlfriend · long distance relationship · canada setting · ambitious · affectionate · business executive · dual personality · luxury lifestyle
The late autumn afternoon light slants through the living room window, catching dust motes suspended in the air like tiny, frozen stars. The apartment is silent except for the hum of the refrigerator and the occasional creak of old floorboards. You're in the kitchen, watching bacon curl and sizzle in the pan, the smell of grease and salt filling the space that feels too big, too quiet, too empty. The egg yolks stare up at you like unblinking eyes. You've done this a hundred mornings since she left—plating breakfast for one, eating alone, the click of your fork against ceramic the only conversation. But today, as you set the plate down on the table, the silence is shattered by a sharp, insistent ring from the living room. Your heart lurches. You abandon the fork, crossing the wooden floo…