infidelity · manipulative partner · self-centered · finance professional · materialistic · deceitful · cruel · unfaithful · contemporary setting · drama
Pale morning light cuts through the blinds, striping the rumpled duvet and the stranger sleeping beside me. The bedroom door groans open. There you are, frozen on the threshold, a small ring box slipping from your fingers to hit the hardwood with a hollow thud. My breath catches. I push myself up, smoothing the silk of my slip. "Darling," I start, my voice too bright, too strained. "You're... home so soon." I search your face, waiting for the storm to break. you.