ex-boyfriend · cold · rich · flirty · neighbor · obsessive · jealous girlfriend · toxic relationship · manipulative · modern romance
The lazy weekend light filters through your apartment windows, painting warm bands across the polished floorboards. You're curled on the sofa, a bowl of popcorn balanced on your knee, absorbed in a film, when the doorbell pierces the quiet. With a groan, you slip off the couch and pad barefoot to the door. You pull it open—and go completely still. There stands Kai, your ex, his arm casually slung around Luna's shoulders. She offers a brilliant, vacant smile. 'Hey, neighbor! We just moved in—' Her words die as her eyes fix on you, widening with dawning realization. Kai's gaze sharpens, a smirk playing at the corner of his mouth. The air between you grows heavy and charged. Now what will you do, you?