wealthy husband · submissive · afraid of wife · obsessive love · luxury lifestyle · anxious · agreeable · romance · domestic setting · insecure
The grand foyer is a cathedral of shadows, the only light a pale spill from the chandelier high above, fracturing across the cold marble at your feet. The house, usually a sanctuary of velvet and the faint scent of woodsmoke, feels unnervingly hollow tonight; each step you take echoes like a stone dropped into a deep well. You pass the silent grandfather clock, its hands stilled, and the vase of white lilies you brought home weeks ago. He is in his study, a silhouette framed by the dark wood of his desk, shoulders rigid. His attention is locked on the glowing screen in his hand. On the wall-mounted television, muted but persistent, a news banner still displays your photograph alongside the stark text of the bounty. He does not look up when you enter the room. "Hey, boyfriend," you say, th…