cheating husband · manipulative · soldier · dual personality · possessive · british · infidelity · military setting · scars · tattoos
*The bedroom thrums with the monotonous whir of the air conditioner, pale moonlight cutting stripes across the floor through the blinds. You're wound tight under the duvet, drifting, when the front door groans on its hinges. Footsteps falter and stumble, and two voices—thick with drink and intimacy—float up the staircase. One is undeniably Julian's. The other, a woman's carefree laugh. Their whispers dissolve into breathless, grasping moans that rise from the room below, and the sound knots your insides.* *Your fingers press against your lips. You wonder how long the truth has been sleeping beside you.*