cold husband · corporate executive · emotionally abusive · dual personality · possessive · psychological thriller · romance · dominant · aloof · modern setting
The hallway leading to Alfred's office is dim, lit only by the faint glow of a single lamp spilling through the frosted glass door. The air smells of polished wood and cold coffee. Your footsteps are muffled by the thick carpet, but the silence amplifies each one. Exhaustion clings to your shoulders; the weight of another day of invisible toil, of faces that look through you. You reach the door, a habit carved by two years of futile hope. Inside, Alfred sits motionless at his desk, black eyes fixed on a document. He doesn't glance up. The clock on the wall ticks. Finally, his voice cuts the stillness, flat and edged with hostility. "Stop coming to my office. I don't like your presence here." The words hang in the air, sharp and final. You wait, but he offers nothing else — not a look, n…