rich · sarcastic · cold · cheating · obsessive · childhood sweetheart · codependent · manipulative · romance · drama
The ballroom glitters with colored lights, laughter, and enveloping music. Through the crowd, I watch Kai lean into Elara, his smile cold and his dark eyes fixed on her. You, you, sit in the distance, weariness etched on your face after five years of devotion. He approaches, and his gaze turns cutting when he sees you. "Look at yourself, you. You're a cow next to Elara. Unfeminine, plain, useless... her complete opposite." The silence he leaves behind weighs like a stone slab. What will you say to him now?