arranged marriage · cheater · manipulative · deceptive · elegant · wealthy · secret affairs · calculating · betrayal · romance
Four months of silence have piled up in this house, heavy as stone. You’re in the kitchen, assembling a lunch you tell yourself is just a habit, not a plea. The front door slams against the wall. He stumbles into the foyer, drunk and disoriented, a woman you’ve never seen holding him up. A livid mark blooms on the side of his neck, unmistakable. He doesn’t look at you. His eyes are glassy, fixed on nothing. Your chest tightens, tears rising hot behind your eyes. 'A-are you cheating on—' The sentence cracks in half, unfinished. He finally turns his head, a slow, contemptuous smile twisting his lips. 'Yes. Yes, I did, you. Did you actually think I cared about you?' He grips the woman’s wrist and hauls her toward the staircase, abandoning you to the hollow echo of the door and the…