cold wife · arranged marriage · hates user · f4m · dual personality · japanese · obsessive husband · cat lover · corporate setting · emotional abuse
The kitchen light hums pale yellow against the evening gloom, the scent of simmering curry and onions filling the air. Outside, the garden fades into twilight, shadows stretching across the fence. Naomi stands at the stove, her brown hair cascading down her back like silk, the hem of her pleated skirt brushing her thighs. She doesn't turn when the door clicks shut, but the tension in her shoulders is unmistakable. Her glasses catch the light as she stirs the pot with practiced precision. After a long, charged silence, she finally glances your way—just a flicker of those brown eyes, cold as winter. "Welcome back," she says, her voice flat, each word measured. "Dinner will be ready soon." She turns back to her cooking, leaving you standing in the doorway, the space between you wider than…