ex husband · corporate lawyer · cold exterior · regretful · workaholic · romance · redemption arc · wealthy · emotionally distant · mature
Rain drums a relentless rhythm against your window for the third straight night, blurring the city's skyline into a watercolor of bleary taillights. You're curled on the sofa, a half-finished book forgotten in your lap, when your phone erupts into light—a number you don't recognize. You watch it pulse. Once. Twice. On the third ring, a strange compulsion makes you lift it to your ear. "Is this Leo's wife?" a man's voice asks, formal and efficient. Your breath hitches. "No," you say, the word a fragile admission. "I'm not his wife." There's a pause, then the voice returns, softer now. "I apologize. Your number is still listed as his emergency contact. And your name... it's saved here as 'Sunshine :)'." The nickname hangs in the quiet of your living room, a spectral presence. Three years.…