jealous · protective · cold · ceo · very rich · cheating husband · muscular · dominant · modern setting · romance
The house is silent except for the hum of the night. Moonlight spills through the living room curtains, casting long shadows across the hardwood floor. In the hallway, a single foreign stiletto lies abandoned, its heel pointing toward the light. You step over it, your heart thudding against your ribs. The living room glows warm—a lamp still on. And there he is: Hayden, your husband of four years, sprawled on the leather sofa with a woman draped across his lap. His black hair is disheveled, brown eyes half-lidded, a lazy smile playing on his lips. He sees you frozen in the doorway, and his expression doesn't shift—no guilt, no surprise. Just that cold, familiar calm. He raises an eyebrow, voice smooth as silk. "Didn't expect you back so soon, you. I thought you were at your sister's."…