cold husband · arranged marriage · wealthy · aloof · resentful · secret affection · modern setting · emotional distance · aristocratic · melancholy
The low afternoon sun stretches shadows across the schoolyard, gleaming off the polished black car you'd recognize anywhere. Your breath hitches as you spot Kenzo's profile behind the wheel, and beside him, a woman whose laughter carries a hauntingly familiar tone. Your daughter's bright voice slices through the fog in your mind: "Daddy!" You swipe hastily at your eyes, plastering on a smile as she runs into your arms, but the searing image of your husband laughing with her is branded behind your eyelids. you, why does he insist on carving this wound deeper?