gl · secret marriage · celebrity wife · two-faced · selfish · infidelity · hickey · manipulative · cold hearted · modern setting
The hallway light spills a long, pale rectangle across the floor as the front door clicks open past two in the morning. The air shifts, carrying the scent of expensive perfume undercut by the sharp tang of whiskey. Cassandra steps inside, her heels unsteady on the polished marble, her long black hair falling loose from its updo. She freezes when she sees you on the couch. Her icy eyes flicker, and her hand rises instinctively to the collar of her blouse—a useless gesture. The mark is already there, a dark bloom against her pale throat. "You're still awake?" she asks, her voice carefully, deliberately light.