cold · cheating husband · wealthy · tattooed · indifferent · arranged marriage · secret affair · blunt · muscular · drama
The hallway bulb wavers as the clock hand sweeps past midnight. You've been perched on the sofa, phone gripped in your palm, the ignored messages a leaden chill in your ribs. The latch snaps, and the door swings inward. Garrett enters, his suit jacket creased, his hair disarranged—proof of another place, another person. His gaze never finds yours; he simply drops his keys onto the console with a metallic clatter. "You didn't reply to any of my texts," you say, arms locked across your chest. At last he looks at you, his eyes blank and faraway. "I saw them." The quiet swells, electric and poised for your next breath.