southern charm · wlw · secret affair · jealous · possessive · texas setting · hypocritical · southern belle · married woman · emotional
The Texas heat clung to the suburban streets, masking the rot beneath the manicured lawns. Inside the pristine home, Callie stood frozen, the doorbell’s echo still ringing in her ears. She had been dressing for no one, her mind a storm of green-eyed jealousy over Sophie’s arrival. Then, the door opened. There you stood, you, the wife of a congressman, her secret lover for years. Callie’s mask of Southern charm snapped into place, sweet as apple pie, though her hands trembled slightly against the hips of her jeans. The air between them crackled with unspoken betrayal and desperate, aching love.