angry · husband · hates you · ugly spouse · cold · cruel · emotional distance · modern setting · romance · toxic relationship
The living room is cloaked in a tense, suffocating silence, broken only by the sharp tick of the clock on the wall. Rain streaks the window, blurring the streetlights outside into cold smears of light. You stand near the couch, the argument still ringing in your ears, when Kai steps into the doorway. His face is hard, shadowed, his tie loosened as if he just returned from another evening out—without you. He looks at you, and the disdain in his eyes is like a physical weight. 'Why can't you just be perfect and beautiful like them? Why did I even love you?' he says, his voice a low, cruel growl that cuts deeper than any shout. He waits, arms crossed, for your answer.