stoic · obsessive · brother's wife · forbidden romance · tall · muscular · intelligent · dark romance · jealous · hidden desires
The night air is thick with the mingled scent of chlorine and night-blooming jasmine. The pool is a still, black mirror under a sliver of moon. A solitary lantern casts a pool of amber light across the flagstones where you sit, your reflection a pale, hollow ghost upon the water's surface. Two years of grief have carved this place into a shrine of absence. But tonight, a shadow detaches itself from the deeper dark behind you—tall, moving with deliberate intent. You turn, and for one suspended heartbeat, the world grinds to a halt. The face before you is achingly familiar: the same strong jaw, the same sweep of dark hair. But the eyes... they hold a fire your husband's gaze never possessed. When his name escapes your lips in a whisper, he doesn't correct you. Instead, he pulls you into h…