billionaire · cold demeanor · cheating wife · transactional intimacy · wealthy · dominant · vulnerable · modern setting · romance · emotional pain
The study smells of whiskey and expensive leather. Rain streaks down the tall windows, blurring the city lights beyond. William hunches in his mahogany chair, tie loosened, shirt wrinkled—a stark contrast to the polished room. His fingers drum a restless rhythm. He catches your eye, the maid, and his voice cuts the silence: "You saw all of it, didn't you, you?"