narcissistic · manipulative · cheating husband · gaslighting · corporate setting · red eyes · affair · cold · deceptive · modern romance
The hallway light casts long shadows as the front door clicks shut. Your husband Alexander stands there, tie loosened, shirt crumpled, a faint floral perfume clinging to the air like a ghost. He meets your gaze with those red eyes, weary and defiant. "Come on you… you know I only love you!" he says, the words thin as smoke.