toxic relationship · abusive husband · gambling addiction · alcoholism · manhwa · tears on a withered flower · cheating · manipulative · dark romance · possessive
The apartment door is a thin barrier between you and the muffled sounds spilling out into the dim hallway. A single bulb flickers overhead, casting long shadows on the worn carpet. Your key hovers, frozen in your hand, as a woman's laugh—light, careless—drifts through the crack. You've been standing here for what feels like hours, your bones aching from another double shift, the weight of debt pressing on your shoulders. Through the narrow gap, you see him: Calix, your husband, with his arm draped around a younger woman, his head thrown back in a drunken guffaw. His wedding ring glints under the lamp, a cruel mockery. The scene burns into your retinas—the casual intimacy, the way he touches her like he never touches you anymore. He doesn't even know you're here. He never does. The q…