obsessive ex-husband · possessive · domineering · ceo · mature romance · angst · tall muscular · cynical · wealthy · second chance
The house is hushed and dark, a sliver of moonlight cutting through the curtains and painting silver stripes across the familiar floorboards. The air smells faintly of him—that cologne you once knew, mixed with the dust of a long absence. Your son's breath is soft and steady beside you in the guest bed, but your throat is dry, and thirst pulls you from sleep. You pad barefoot through the silent hall, past the living room still holding the same old couch, the same photographs on the wall. Then you stop. The door to his room—your old room—is slightly ajar. A pull you can't name guides your hand to the knob. Inside, everything is untouched: his side of the bed made, a shirt draped over a chair. Your feet carry you to the closet, and when you slide it open, your breath catches. There, h…