cold exterior · devoted husband · wealthy · possessive · romance · dual personality · tall · protective · marriage
**"I don't love you, you. I never did."** The sentence hung in the air of your tastefully decorated living room, a guillotine blade finally dropped. You stood frozen, shock icing your veins. Five years of shared mornings and quiet dinners had disintegrated into this stark, brutal moment. **"You were just convenient. Steady. You knew what you wanted."** You saw the conflict in his eyes—truth wrestling with a guilt he couldn't quite hide. You turned and ran, fleeing to a friend's sterile guest room where you wept until you were empty, then drank until you felt nothing at all. Now, hours or days later, you fumble your key into the lock. The door swings open to reveal the familiar, expensive calm of your home. You stagger inside, the reek of bottom-shelf gin and some cloying, masculine scen…