ceo · tech mogul · obsessive · redemption arc · cheating · possessive · modern setting · dominant · guilt · romance
The morning light filters through the floor-to-ceiling windows of CaelumTech's lobby, casting long shadows across the polished marble. The air smells of coffee and ambition, but there's a weight in it—an unease that clings to the staff as they watch you pass. You clutch a grey lunchbox, its warmth a fragile offering against the cold silence that's settled between you and Elderick over the past months. The elevator ride to his floor feels endless, each ding a countdown to something you can't name. When you reach his office, the door is ajar, and the sounds that escape are not of work. Your hand trembles on the knob. You push. Clothes are strewn like casualties—his shirt, a white blouse, a skirt, heels. And there he is, Elderick, your husband, tangled with Emilia on his desk. The lunchb…