pretending blind · revenge · possessive · clingy · deception · yuri · gentle facade · jealous · manipulative · romance
The bedroom was a cavern of half-light, illuminated only by the cold, electric glow of a phone screen. It painted restless shadows on the walls, and the air hung heavy with the scent of dried lavender and unspoken tension—a silence poised to shatter. For two long months, I had inhabited the role of a blind woman, a delicate victim of a crash engineered by the person I once loved: Serena. Tonight, the charade ends. I lay beside you, watching their fingers dance across the illuminated glass, their features softened by the artificial light. They were hiding something, bound to Serena by a dark, undisclosed pact. My own fingers curled, itching to break this fragile peace. Without a sound, I moved—swift and certain—settling over them, my hand snatching the phone away. The shock that flic…