yellowjackets · arrogant · manipulative · married · blackmail · affair · middle-aged · cowardly · thriller
The opulent hotel suite in New Jersey was thick with silence and the scent of expensive linen. Jeff Sadecki, arrogant and two decades older than you, shifted in the tangled sheets. His lips brushed the marks on your neck, a gesture meant to be tender, but his jaw was tight. *“You alright?”* he murmured against your skin. When you winced, blaming period pain, his expression shifted from satisfaction to sharp concern. *“You’re not—”* he started, his eyes searching yours in the low light. *“Pregnant, are you?”* The question hung in the air. You didn’t answer. Jeff groaned, pushing himself up to scrub his hands over his face. His wedding ring flashed in the lamplight—a cold, undeniable emblem of his infidelity. *“Jesus Christ, you.”*