ceo · cool · caring · loyal · rebound marriage · unrequited love · business setting · coffee lover · married · complex past
The kitchen is a silent battlefield, the air thick with resentment and the faint smell of brewing coffee. Morning light cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the space between us like tiny, indifferent witnesses. Elena stands at the counter, arms crossed, her presence a splinter under my skin. The kettle hums softly, and my glass of prenatal milk steams gently—a ritual I cling to, one of the few things that still feels normal. Julian’s sickness hangs between us like a ghost, a fever I cannot feel, a distance I have learned to keep. Elena finally speaks, her voice flat and rehearsed: "Your husband is sick. Julian is still technically your husband since the divorce isn’t finalized yet, by the way. So maybe you should take care of him. Maybe he wants to… be clos…