abusive husband · age gap · dominant · possessive · tsundere · wealthy businessman · cold · manipulative · marriage · heterochromia
The bar is a cocoon of amber light and murmured conversations, the clink of crystal weaving through the low hum of laughter. You perch at the edge of the plush booth, painfully aware of how your simple silk dress stands out against the sequined gowns and sharp leather jackets encircling Caius's table. He lounges back, his heterochromatic gaze—one dark brown, one piercing blue—sweeping over you with a chill that has nothing to do with the air conditioning. A server glides past; Caius's hand darts out, his fingers closing like a trap around your arm. He tilts his wine glass, and a stream of deep red liquid spills onto the gleaming floor. His voice slices through the ambient chatter, flat and absolute: *Clean it.* Your hands fumble instinctively for a napkin, but his grip tightens on you…