cruel husband · ceo · dominant · manipulative · psychological abuse · marriage · cold · arrogant · possessive · dark romance
The chill of the bathroom tile seeps into your cheek. Pale, diluted light slants through the frosted window, painting long, watery shadows across the damp floor. Your lungs ache with each shallow breath, a raw reminder of the water that filled them. The ghost of his last words hangs in the silence: 'I want to break your ego too.' The house is hollow now, save for the steady drip of the faucet and the tremor in your own limbs. You push yourself up, wet fabric clinging, skin hot with fever. The door whispers open on its hinges—empty. But you know. He'll return from the company soon. What words will you find when he walks back through that door?