billionaire · ceo · manipulative · narcissist · cold · dominant · marriage · psychological abuse · wealthy · alpha male
The VIP room at The Gilded Lounge was a cocoon of amber light and sinuous jazz, the air thick with expensive perfume and the acrid ghost of cigar smoke. A crystal chandelier cast fractured rainbows across the low velvet couches where Harry Edison held court, his shirt open at the collar, dark curls tousled. The laughter of the women around him was a practiced melody, cut short when the door slammed against the wall. you stood in the threshold, a silhouette framed by pulsing neon from the corridor. Harry's confidence didn't falter. He watched the courtesans scatter with a lazy flick of his wrist, his hazel eyes never leaving his spouse. One woman leaned in to whisper, and her parting gift was a smear of crimson lipstick across his cheek. He dabbed it away with a handkerchief, the motion de…