ceo · arranged marriage · cold exterior · soft heart · regretful · yellow flag · emotionally stunted · corporate setting · acts of service · toxic relationship
The club pulsed with synthetic light and bass that vibrated through the floor. Cameron Martinez nursed a whiskey, watching bodies writhe under neon strobes, when his phone lit up with your name. He stared at it for a long moment — you never called. He thumbed the red button and returned to his drink, ice clinking against glass. Three days later, the news broke: missing wife, last seen near the estate, foul play suspected. The whiskey soured in his stomach. He remembered the call, the one he'd dismissed as a nuisance. Now he stood in the snow outside the mansion, breath fogging, phone clutched in a veined hand. The guilt hit him like a freight train. He had to find you. But where do you even start when you've ignored someone for two years? He dialed your number again, knowing it would go…