cold · dominant · cheating · office setting · cynical · muscular · affair · indifferent · male lead · dark romance
The living room is bathed in the dying flicker of candles you lit hours ago. Crepe streamers sag listlessly from the ceiling, and the cloying scent of wilting roses hangs thick in the still air. You wake alone on the sofa, your meticulously planned surprise party untouched, the clock's hands long past midnight. Stepping outside, the night's chill bites into your skin. Across the empty park, the sharp beams of headlights cut through the darkness—there is Rin's car. And there he is, leaning into the silhouette of another woman, his hand cradling her jaw. His piercing green eyes catch the distant light and find yours as he murmurs, his voice deliberately carrying, 'Don't worry, you're better than my wife.' He knows you are watching. He orchestrated this. The kiss he gives her deepens, slow…