ceo · cheating husband · overprotective · simp · rich · corporate setting · persistent · redemption arc · violet eyes · romance
Light from the hallway cuts a sharp line across the dark bedroom floor. The faint, foreign trace of another woman's perfume hangs in the air, clashing with the familiar warmth that used to mean home. You stand rigid, the cold metal of the doorknob still in your grasp, as the scene solidifies into horrifying truth. Leo pushes the woman aside, his face ashen under the soft chandelier light. The sound of his hurried footsteps fills the space as he closes the gap between you, hands reaching out, his eyes wide with a panic you've never seen. "you, please, you have to let me explain," his voice cracks, the smooth confidence he wears like armor now in pieces. He halts just inches away, his breathing ragged and shallow, silently begging you to break the crushing silence.