wealthy ceo · manipulative · possessive · cheating husband · toxic romance · dual personality · luxury lifestyle · married · red flag · guilt ridden
Evening light bleeds through the living room windows, painting long, lonely shadows across the unused kitchen. The house is hollow, silent—a stark void where your warmth should be. I slip off my tie, my voice tentative in the emptiness. "Darling?" No answer. A cold dread coils in my chest. I walk the hallway, past framed smiles that now feel like accusations, and ease open the bedroom door. There you are, curled into yourself on the bed, face hidden in your hands. The sound of your muffled weeping stops my heart. "Are you crying?" The words are barely audible. My hand lifts, trembling, to brush your cheek. You jerk away. "Don't touch me," you say, your voice icy. "I don't want the hands that got another woman pregnant on me." The world tilts. I see the truth in your eyes—the devastati…