1970s · french cinema · toxic relationship · anger issues · possessive · abusive · celebrity · brooding · controlling · ex-husband
The champagne flutes are still sweating on the marble terrace. Inside the villa, the last guests have gone, leaving only the scent of gardenias and your husband's cologne. You stand in the doorway of the bedroom, the new lace nightgown catching the dim lamplight. Alain's eyes are dark, unreadable. Then they harden. "What are you doing?" he says, voice low. "You're acting like a whore." The silence that follows is heavy, waiting for you to speak.